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The [[C-130 Hercules]] is generally a highly reliable aircraft. The Royal Air Force recorded an accident rate of about one aircraft loss per 250,000 flying hours over the last forty years, making it one of the safest aircraft they operate (alongside [[Vickers VC10]]s and [[Lockheed Tristar]]s with no flying losses).<ref name="dasa">{{cite web
|url=http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/accidents/accdam/acctab2.html
|title=Aircraft Air Accidents and Damage Rates
|publisher=Defence Analytical Services Agency
|accessdate = 2006-08-22}}</ref>
However, more than 15% of production has been lost, including 70 by the USAF and the USMC during the conflict in Southeast Asia.<ref name="avs1">{{cite web
|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/type.php?type=335-C
|title=Lockheed C-130 Hercules
|work=Aviation Safety Network
|publisher=Flight Safety Foundation
|date=[[2004-11-13]]
|accessdate = 2006-08-22}}</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/type/type.php?type=335 Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
This is an incomplete listing, still under construction, and omits the JC-130A tested to destruction (53-3130, c.n. 3002), and airframes retired or withdrawn from service in the course of useful operational lives. As of February 3, 2007, the list is complete through December 1966.
== Crashes by decade==
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[September 2]] [[1958]]:''' C-130A-II, 56-0528, c.n. 3136, of the 7406th CCS was shot down by four [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17]] fighters when it flew into [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] airspace over [[Yerevan, Armenia]] while on a [[SIGINT]] mission, with all 17 crew killed. A look-alike C-130A is displayed in [[Vigilance Park]] at the [[National Security Agency]] headquarters at [[Fort George G. Meade]], [[Maryland]]. This was the first operational C-130 hull loss.<ref name="aewa">{{cite web
|url=http://www.aewa.org/Library/c-130.html
|title=60528's CREW NEVER STOOD A CHANCE!
|publisher=Airborne Early Warning Association
|accessdate = 2006-09-25}}</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[September 19]] [[1958]]:''' C-130A 56-0526, c.n. 3134, of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, had a mid-air collision with a French Armée de l'Air Dassault Super Mystére over France.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 20]] [[1959]]:''' C-130A 57-0468, c.n. 3175, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed at [[Ashiya]], [[Japan]] when it lost control during landing with single-engine failure.
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 27]] [[1961]]:''' A [[Tactical Air Command]] C-130B 59-1534, c.n. 3570, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, veered off the runway during landing at [[Ramstein Air Base]], [[West Germany]], with single-engine failure. Hull written off.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''October [[1961]]:''' [[Tactical Air Command]] C-130B 58-0745, c.n. 3543 of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing was damaged in a refuelling fire at [[Évreux-Fauville Air Base]], [[France]], and written off. Front portion towed to [[Spangdahlem Air Base]], [[West Germany]], to repair C-130B 58-0734, c.n. 3530, in October [[1969]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 8]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 55-0020, c.n. 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in [[France]] in bad weather.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 17]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0546, c.n. 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in [[Kenya]] in bad weather after it descended under given altitude.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[November 26]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0488, c.n. 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at [[Sewart Air Force Base]], [[Tennessee]], during a training flight - lost two engines.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[August 27]] [[1963]]:''' C-130A 56-0474, c.n. 3082, of the 315th Air Division, burned at [[Naha Air Base]], [[Okinawa]], during refuelling.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 2]] [[1964]]:''' C-130A 56-0492, c.n. 3100, of the 315th Air Division, crashed on landing at [[Ie Shima Island]], [[Japan]], when it hit the edge of the runway. Fuselage to [[Sukiran]] for paratrooper training.
* '''[[September 3]] [[1964]]:''' C-130B [[Angkatan Udari Republik Indonesia]] (Indonesian Air Force) C-130B T-1307, c.n. 3599, of 31 Sqn. crashed in the [[Straits of Malacca]]. Probably chased by [[RAF]] [[Javelin]], "frightened down."
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[January 11]] [[1965]]:''' During an engine run-up test at [[Forbes Air Force Base]], [[Kansas]], a C-130B 58-0719, c.n. 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c.n. 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 25]] [[1965]]:''' C-130E 63-7797, c.n. 3863, of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing, hit high-tension line on ridge top and crashed near [[Alençon]], [[France]], killing all seven crew.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[April 24]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 57-0475, c.n. 3182, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed at [[Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base]], [[Thailand]], during go-around in bad weather with heavy load - lost two engines, low fuel. This was the first Hercules hull loss related to the war in [[Southeast Asia]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 1]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 55-0039, c.n. 3066, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at [[Da Nang Air Base]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 1]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 55-0042, c.n. 3069, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at [[Da Nang Air Base]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:PAFroundel.png|15px|Air force roundel]]'''[[August 18]] [[1965]]:''' Pakistani Air Force C-130B 12648, former USAF 61-2648, c.n. 3691, supplied under [[MAP]], was written off after it veered off runway on landing.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[August 24]] [[1965]]:''' USMC KC-130F BuNo 149802, c.n. 3693, veered off runway on take-off from [[Hong Kong]] and hit seawall. No. 1 propeller reversed. This was the first Hercules hull loss in Marine Corps service.
* '''[[September 16]] [[1965]]:''' [[Angkatan Udari Republik Indonesia]] ([[Indonesian Air Force]]) C-130B T-1306, c.n. 3598, of 31 Sqn. crashed at Bawang airstrip, [[Kalimantan]], [[Timur]], [[Borneo]], after hits by friendly fire.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[September 18]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 55-0038, c.n. 3065, of the 35th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed when it struck water before landing at [[Qhi Nhon]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[December 8]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 56-0502, c.n. 3110, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from [[Chu Lai]], [[South Vietnam]] - engine problems.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[December 12]] [[1965]]:''' C-130A 56-0515, c.n. 3123, of the 18th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed during an assault take-off from [[Bitburg]], [[West Germany]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[December 20]] [[1965]]:''' C-130E 62-1843, c.n. 3805, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into hill during approach to [[Tuy Hoa]], [[South Vietnam]]. Serial number subsequently assigned to C-130E 64-0506, c.n. 3990 in 1973, which was assigned "to another agency" [[December 31]] [[1964]], and flew [[Air America]] missions in support of [[CIA]] operations in [[Southeast Asia]] in a "sanitized" condition. Modified to C-130E(I). Reappeared at [[Hurlburt Field]], [[Florida]] in the early 1970s, carrying 62-1843 identity, as C-130E(I), redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Assigned to the 711th Special Operation Squadron at [[Duke Field]], [[Eglin Air Force Base]] Aux. Field 3, in October 1995, c.n. 3990, the faux 62-1843, was still there as of December 2005. The builders plate reads what the Air Force wants it to read, but the airframe hours tell no lies, and the identity is an open secret on the flightline.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[January 6]] [[1966]]:''' C-130B 61-0972, c.n. 3669, of the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, was shot down west of [[Pleiku]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[January 9]] [[1966]]:''' C-130B 61-0970, c.n. 3667, of the 774th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on landing at [[An Khe]], [[South Vietnam]] - number three propeller did not reverse and airframe ran off runway.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[February 1]] [[1966]]:''' [[USMC]] KC-130F BuNo 149809, c.n. 3709, of VMGR-152, damaged over [[North Vietnam]], crashed in sea 65 kilometers east of [[Dong Hoi]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 19]] [[1966]]:''' The crew of seven was killed when C-130B 61-2641, c.n. 3677, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into Svanfjellet at 2,650 feet on the island of [[Senja]] on approach to [[Bardufoss Air Station]], [[Norway]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 26]] [[1966]]:''' C-130A 56-0506, c.n. 3114, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, damaged landing at [[Tuy Hoa]], [[South Vietnam]], due to propeller reversal problem. Destroyed when towed by tank.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 29]] [[1966]]:''' C-130B 61-0953, c.n. 3630, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, written-off after it touched down short of the runway during night landing at [[Pleiku]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[April 15]] [[1966]]:''' An RCAF CC-130B 10304, c.n. 3590, crash landed in a field after losing a forward cargo door inflight, resulting in structural damage due to explosive decompression. .<ref>[http://www.c-130j.ca/downloads/TheC-130HerculesTurns50.pdf "Air Force" Vol 28 # 4]</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 31]] [[1966]]:''' C-130E 64-0511, c.n. 3995, of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, shot down during [[Carolina Moon]] operation against the [[Thanh Hoa]] bridge on the [[Song Ma River]], [[North Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[June 17]] [[1966]]:''' USAF [[Military Airlift Command]] C-130E 63-7785, c.n. 3852, operated by [[US Navy]] squadron VR-8, [[MATS]], out of [[NAS Moffett]], [[California]], exploded over sea off [[Cam Ranh Bay]], sabotage? Serial number subsequently applied to C-130E 64-0507, c.n. 3991, in 1972, which was assigned "to another agency" [[December 31]] [[1964]], and flew [[Air America]] missions in support of [[CIA]] operations in [[Southeast Asia]] in a "sanitized" condition. Operated into Laos in all-black scheme. Operated by the 1198th OETS out of [[Norton Air Force Base]] (from October [[1967]]), and modified to C-130E(I) [[Rivet Yard]], then assigned to the 1174th Support Squadron, [[Norton Air Force Base]]. To 1st Special Operations Squadron, [[Hurlburt Field]], [[Florida]], December [[1972]], now sporting the 63-7785, c.n. 3852, identity. Modified to [[Rivet Yank]] in 1974, and redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Ops by the 8th Special Operations Squadron, [[Hurlburt Field]], [[Florida]], mid-[[1995]], then to 711th Special Operations Squadron, [[Duke Field]], [[Florida]] by November [[1995]]. Loan to 8th Special Operations Squadron, as of April [[2001]].
* [[Image:PAFroundel.png|15px|Air force roundel]]'''July [[1966]]:''' Pakistani Air Force C-130B 24142, former USAF 62-4142, c.n. 3768, supplied under [[MAP]], of 6 Sqn., crashed into mountain in Pakistan.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[September 6]] [[1966]]:''' C-130E 63-7878, c.n. 3949, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed into a mountain in [[Taiwan]] due to a navigation error.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 2]] [[1966]]:''' C-130E 62-1840, c.n. 3803, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, shot down 30 kilometers south of [[Cam Ranh Bay]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 12]] [[1966]]:''' C-130E 63-7886, c.n. 3957, of the 516th Tactical Airlift Wing, flew into ground at night circa 30 kilometers north-northwest of [[Aspermont]], [[Texas]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 25]] [[1966]]:''' C-130B 61-0955, c.n. 3634, of the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron, ran off runway during landing at [[Fort Campbell]], [[Kentucky]] after hitting wake turbulence - written off.
* '''[[October 26]] [[1966]]:''' [[Forca Aérea Brasileira]] C-130E FAB serial 2452, c.n. 4093, of 1 Esquadrao, 1 Grupo, [[Galeao]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], crashed during landing with a high sink rate.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[February 17]] [[1967]]:''' C-130B 60-0307, c.n. 3618, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed after take-off from [[Tay Ninh]], [[South Vietnam]], after suffering split flap problem. Emergency landing in rice paddy, written off.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 12]] [[1967]]:''' C-130E 63-7772, c.n. 3838, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from [[An Khe]], [[South Vietnam]] - disturbance by helicopter.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[April 16]] [[1967]]:''' C-130B 58-0722, c.n. 3517, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on go-around at [[Bao Loc]], [[South Vietnam]] - ammunition load exploded.
* '''[[April 18]] [[1967]]:''' [[Imperial Iranian Air Force]] C-130E IIAF serial 5-107, c.n. 4118, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, destroyed by lightning strike.
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[April 27]] [[1967]]:''' An RCAF CC-130E 130309 (formerly 10309), c.n. 4050, crashed after take-off from Trenton, possibly due to an elevator trim failure.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670427-2&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[June 9]] [[1967]]:''' C-130B 58-0737, c.n. 3534, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed 20 kilometers east of [[Tan Son Nhut]], [[South Vietnam]]. Structural failure, probably shot down.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[June 17]] [[1967]]:''' C-130B 60-0293, c.n. 3591, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, overran the runway at [[An Khe]], [[South Vietnam]] on aborted take-off, written off.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[June 22]] [[1967]]:''' C-130E 63-7801, c.n. 3867, of the 777th Tactical Airlift Squadron, tore off wing on landing at [[Pope Air Force Base]], [[North Carolina]], written off. Fuselage to paratrooper training, [[Fort Bragg]], [[North Carolina]], then to loadmaster training at [[Little Rock Air Force Base]], [[Arkansas]], November [[1971]]. Scrapped [[1999]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 15]] [[1967]]:''' C-130A 55-0009, c.n. 3036, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, [[Da Nang]] Air Base, [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 15]] [[1967]]:''' EC-130E 62-1815, c.n. 3777, of the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, [[Da Nang]] Air Base, [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 8]] [[1967]]:''' C-130B 61-2649, c.n. 3692, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, hit mountain 25 kilometers southeast of [[Phu Bai]]/[[Hue]], [[South Vietnam]].
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 12]] [[1967]]:''' C-130A 57-0467, c.n. 3174, of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, hit bulldozer during take-off from [[Dak To]], [[South Vietnam]] - landed at [[Cam Ranh Bay]], written off.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 15]] [[1967]]:''' C-130E 64-0548, c.n. 4043, of the 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed short of the runway at [[Khe Sanh]], [[South Vietnam]] - too low on the [[GCA]] approach to execute airdrop.
* [[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]]'''[[March 24]] [[1969]]:''' Six crew members were killed when an [[RAF]] C-130K, XV180, c.n. 4196, crashed shortly after take off at [[Fairford]] in [[Gloucestershire]]. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it stalled on take-off and plunged into a ploughed field 300 yards from the end of the runway. <ref> The Times, Tuesday, [[25 March]] [[1969]]; pg. 2; Issue 57518; col F </ref>
*[[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 18]] [[1969]]:''' [[USMC]] KC-130F BuNo 149814, c.n. 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with F-4B BuNo 151450 while refuelling another F-4B over South Vietnam.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 23]] [[1969]]:''' A drunken U.S. Air Force crew chief started up a C-130E, 63-7789, c.n. 3856, of the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron at [[RAF Mildenhall]] and took off in it headed for Langley AFB, Virginia. He crashed into the [[English Channel]] off [[Alderney]] shortly thereafter.<ref name="avs2">{{cite web
|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690523-2
|title=ASN Aircraft accident description Lockheed C-130E Hercules 63-7789
|work=Aviation Safety Network
|publisher=Flight Safety Foundation
|accessdate = 2006-08-22}}</ref>
=== 1970s ===
*[[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]] '''[[November 9]] [[1971]]:''' An [[RAF]] C-130K, XV216, c.n. 4243, from 24 Sqn crashed into the sea of [[Pisa]] with 46 [[Italian]] [[paratrooper]]s onboard. There were no survivors.<ref>http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711109-0&lang=en,</ref>
*[[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]] '''[[September 10]] [[1973]]:''' An [[RAF]] C-130K, XV198, c.n. 4219, from 48 Sqn crashed at RAF [[Colerne]] in [[Wiltshire]]. It was carrying out co-pilot training when it was overshooting from runway 07 with a simulated engine failure when the other engine on that side failed. At that height (400ft) and speed involved, the asymmetric forces proved too much for the crew to control and the aircraft dived into the ground. The Captain was Sqn/Ldr Tony Barrett, and all 5 crew died. <ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730910-1&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
* [[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]] '''[[September 12]] [[1972]]:''' An [[RAF]] C-130, XV194, c.n. 4214 veered off runway on landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS), in Norway and ended up in a ditch. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
*[[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 15]] [[1973]]:'''[[USAF]] C-130E, 62-1845, c.n. 3808, crashed on the north side of [[Sugarloaf Mountain]], 20 miles south of Fort Smith, [[Arkansas]]. The aircraft exploded on impact and was destroyed by fire. All seven persons aboard were killed. <ref>http://okwreckchasing.com/621845.html</ref>
*{{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''[[August 27]] [[1976]]:''', An [[Venezuelan Air Force]] C-130H military [[transport aircraft]], FAV-7772, c.n. 4408, named "24 de Julio" [[Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash in Lages Air Base in Tercera Island, Portugal|crashed after three attempts for bad weather and low visibility]]. The aircraft was carrying 68 passengers (members of the "Orfeón Universitário" of UCV-Venezuelan Central University, in flight to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the "Festival Internacional del Canto Coral") and 5 crew members. In all, 73 people died.<ref>[http://www.fav-club.com/articulos/orfeon.htm]</ref>
=== 1980s ===
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[April 24]] [[1980]]:''' During the ill-fated secret rescue mission at an airstrip in the Great Salt Desert of Eastern Iran, near Tabas codenamed [[Operation Eagle Claw]], an EC-130E, 62-1809, c.n. 3770, of the 7th ACCS, was destroyed in collision with a RH-53D helicopter. As the helicopter took off it clipped the C-130 and crashed, killing five [[USAF]] aircrew in the C-130, and three [[USMC]] aircrew in the RH-53 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helis.com/featured/eagle_claw.php|title=Pictorial overview}}</ref> Several other RH-53s had to be abandoned at the site after suffering shrapnel damage from the collision.
*'''[[September 14]] [[1980]]:''' A Zaire Air Force C-130H, 9T-TCE, c.n. 4569, crashed during take-off from Kindu, Zaire, during a three-engine attempt with a maximum load.
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[October 15]] [[1980]]:'''A Canadian Forces CC-130E Hercules 130312 (formerly 10312), c.n. 4061, of 436 Squadron, stalled at low level and crashed near Chapais, Quebec, while on a Search and Rescue Mission for a lost helicopter.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19801015-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[October 29]] [[1980]]:''' An extensively modified YMC-130H, 74-1683, c.n. 4658, crashed at Duke Field, [[Eglin AFB]] Auxiliary Field 3, Florida, during a demonstration for a planned Iranian hostage rescue attempt named [[Operation Credible Sport]]. Arresting rockets failed to fire, resulting in an extremely heavy landing that tore off the starboard wing and set the aircraft on fire. Despite this, the entire crew survived. The wrecked hull was buried at Duke Field.
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[November 16]] [[1982]]:''' A Canadian Forces CC-130H 130329, c.n. 4553, crashed during a Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) operation at Namao when the load failed to clear the Aircraft causing it to crash.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19821116-1&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[March 29]] [[1985]]:''' Two Canadian Forces CC-130H, 130330, c.n. 4555, and 130331, c.n. 4559, both of 435th Squadron, crashed after having a mid-air collision over CFB Namao, near Edmonton, Alberta.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850329-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850329-1&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 1]] [[1987]]:''' A USAF C-130E, 68-10945, c.n. 4325, crashed during a military exercise at [[Fort Bragg, North Carolina|Fort Bragg]], narrowly missing spectators seconds before it crashed and burned, killing four crewmen as well as a soldier on the ground. Two other crewmen were injured. The plane was displaying a low level airdrop technique in which a parachute is used to pull a tank out the rear cargo door while the plane is a few feet above the ground, known as [[LAPES]] (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System).
[[Image:6430.jpg|thumb|A similar Pakistan air force c-130b which carries the tail of earthquake relief opeartion.]]
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[[Image:PAFroundel.png|18px|Air force roundel]]'''[[August 17]] [[1988]]:''' [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], [[President of Pakistan]] from 1978, was killed when the C-130B he was on (PAF 23494, ex-USAF 62-3494, c.n. 3708) reportedly crashed shortly after take off from [[Bahawalpur]]. All on board were killed, including the US ambassador to Pakistan, a US [[general]] and 17 top ranking Pakistan Army personnel. Two of the scheduled passengers who did not board the aircraft later reached the highest rank in Pakistan Army, chiefly because most of their seniors died in this incident. One of them is the current president of Pakistan, General [[Pervez Musharraf]]. Although many people do not consider this an accident, neither Pakistan nor US government properly investigated the incident and made the findings public. Some researchers claim that there was a bomb hidden in the mango crates which were loaded on the plane without proper clearance. Eyewitnesses claim that the aircraft exploded in the air. Such claims were declared false by the government and the remains of the aircraft were swiftly disposed of.<ref>[http://www.urdudigest.com.pk/]</ref>
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[January 30]] [[1989]]:''' A Canadian Forces CC-130E, 130318 (formerly 10318), c.n. 4124, which was serving with 435 Squadron when it crashed 600 feet short of the runway during a night approach at -46C, in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. <ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890129-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
=== 1990s ===
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[October 30]] [[1991]]:''' An AIRCOM CC-130 Hercules [[transport aircraft]], CAF 130322, c.n. 4192, flying to Canadian Forces Station (CFS) [[Alert]] from Edmonton, Alberta via Thule, Greenland, was on final approach to the airstrip. The pilot apparently was flying by sight rather than relying on instruments. The aircraft crashed on [[Ellesmere Island]] approximately 18 miles short of the runway, killing 5 of the 18 passengers and crew. Subsequent rescue efforts by personnel from CFS Alert, [[USAF]] personnel from [[Thule Air Base|Thule]], and CF personnel from 440 Squadron, CFB Edmonton, Alberta and Trenton, Ontario, were hampered by a blizzard and local terrain. The crash investigation recommended all CC-130s be retrofitted with ground proximity detectors and beefed-up Arctic Survival Equipment. The crash and rescue efforts were the basis of a film called "Ordeal in the Arctic."
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[February 6]] [[1992]]:''' A C-130B, 58-0732, c.n. 3527, of the 165th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Kentucky [[Air National Guard]], with five crew aboard (3 pilots, 1 flight engineer and 1 loadmaster), stalled on take-off and crashed one mile south of [[Evansville Regional Airport]], [[Evansville, Indiana]], [[United States]], on U.S. Highway 41. Sixteen people were killed in the crash and fifteen others were injured.
* {{flagicon|United States}}'''[[February 3]] [[1993]]:''' A Lockheed L-100-20, c.n. 4412, used as the Lockheed HTTB (High Technology Test Bed), crashed at [[Dobbins Air Reserve Base]], in Marietta, GA. The Lockheed engineering testbed was used to evaluate the fly-by-wire rudder actuator and the ground minimum control speed (VMCG). During the final high-speed ground test-run, the aircraft accidentally veered left and became airborne. The Hercules climbed to 250 feet and crashed. All 7 crew aboard perished in the crash, in which a Navy clinic was narrowly missed.
*[[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]] '''[[May 27]] [[1993]]:''' An [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] C-130K Hercules, 65-13038 (c/n 4213, XV193), crashed at [[Glen Tilt]], Blair Atholl, [[Perthshire]], [[Scotland]] when it stalled after cargo drop. 8 RAF crew and one Army Air Despatcher on board perished.
* [[Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg |15px|RCAF Roundel]]'''[[July 22]] [[1993]]:'''A Canadian Forces CC-130E 130321 (formerly 10321), c.n. 4191, 435 Squadron, Edmonton Alberta crashed while performing a low level practice LAPES drop at CFB Wainwright, Alberta. During the drop the airplane hit a berm and crashed in prairie grassland, breaking up in three pieces.
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 23]] [[1994]]:''' an [[F-16]]D Fighting Falcon, USAF 88-0171, collided in midair with a C-130E Hercules, USAF 68-10942, c.n. 4322, at [[Pope Air Force Base]], N.C., at Green Ramp, where [[paratrooper]]s from adjacent [[Fort Bragg]] prepare for missions. The F-16D skidded into a [[C-141]]B Starlifter, USAF 66-0173, on Pope’s flight line. The ensuing explosion sent debris raining down on soldiers and airmen waiting to board. The C-130 managed to land safely. The incident was described in ''“[[The Green Ramp Disaster|Disaster at Green Ramp]]”'' a book by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall.
* {{flagicon|United States}}'''[[August 13]] [[1994]]:''': A civilian Lockheed C-130A, N135FF, former USAF 56-0540, c.n. 3148, operating as Tanker 82, crashed in steep mountainous terrain near [[Pearblossom]], [[California]]. The aircraft was destroyed, killing the three people on board. The aircraft was owned by Aero Firefighting Service Company, Inc., and was operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service, Inc., on lease to the U.S. Forest Service as a public use aircraft. <ref>[http://www.iprr.org/COMPS/LAX94A323.htm]</ref>
* '''[[July 15]] [[1996]]:''' A C-130H, CH-06, c.n. 4473, of the Belgian Air Force, crashed at Eindhoven AB in [[Eindhoven]], [[The Netherlands]]. The aircraft was carrying 37 members of the Dutch Army Fanfare Band, 2 pilots, 1 engineer and 1 loadmaster (41 total). The aircraft had departed from Villafranca in Italy. It is believed that the co-pilot initiated a go-around after noticing a flock of birds on the runway. Some were ingested resulting in loss of power on three engines. The aircraft hit the runway and caught fire. Thirty two people died in the crash and resulting fire. Nine heavily burned survivors were rescued, 2 of whom later died in the hospital.
*[[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]] '''[[June 11]] [[1999]]:''' An [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] C-130 Hercules, (c/n 4264, XV298), crashed at [[Kukes]], [[Albania]] when the load shifted on take-off.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990611-0&lang=en Aviation Safety Network]</ref>
=== 2000s ===
* '''[[January 14]] [[2000]]:''' A Bolivian Air Force C-130B, serial TAM60, former USAF 58-0758, c.n. 3559, crashed at [[Chimorre]] Airport (Bolivia). The aircraft departed down the left side of runway 35, but 600 meters from the approach end, impacted into a ditch and came to rest in a forested area off the left side of the runway. The aircraft was a total loss with 7 crew and 24 passengers dead. <ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000114-0]</ref>
* {{flagicon|United States}}'''[[June 17]] [[2002]]:''' While fighting a fire in northern California, a wing of a C-130A Hercules, N130HP, former USAF 56-0538, c.n. 3146, operated by [[Hawkins & Powers Aviation]], came off as the spar failed during a pull-out from a drop near Walker, California. It rolled inverted and crashed into the forest, killing all three crew. This second C-130A fire fighting crash, coupled with the loss of [[PB4Y-2]] N7620C at Estes Park, Colorado on July 18, 2002, resulted in the Interior Department canceling its contract for all heavy tankers. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2002/020924.htm|title=Update on investigations of firefighting airplane crashes in Walker, California and Estes Park, Colorado|publisher=NTSB|date=2002-09-24}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/q-a_cancellation.pdf|title=Questions and Answers: Cancellation of Large Airtanker Contract|accessdate=2006-12-18}}</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[December 29]] [[2004]]:''' In the darkness, an MC-130H Talon II, USAF 85-0012, c.n. 5054, of the 15th Special Operations Squadron, landed on an incomplete runway in Iraq. The aircraft was destroyed but fortunately there were no deaths. [http://www.cargolaw.com/2005nightmare_c130.html ''pictures'']
* [[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]]'''[[January 30]] [[2005]]:''' An [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] C-130K Hercules C.1, XV179. c.n. 4195, with 10 crew on board was hit by insurgent fire while taking off from Baghdad airport for Balad. A fire triggered by the hit induced an explosion in the right hand wing fuel tank.<ref name='ripley'>{{cite journal
|last=Ripley
|first=Tim
|title=The Doomed Hercules
|journal=Air Forces Monthly
|publisher=Key Publications
|___location=Stamford, Lincolnshire
|year=March 2006
|pages=28-30}}</ref>
* '''[[December 6]] [[2005]]:''', An [[Iranian Air Force]] C-130E military [[transport aircraft]], IIAF 5-8519, c.n. 4399, [[Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran|crashed into a ten-floor apartment building]], home to a number of air force personnel, in a residential area of [[Tehran]], the capital city of [[Iran]]. The aircraft was carrying 84 passengers (68 of whom were journalists due to watch military exercises off the country's south coast) and 10 crew members. In all, 116 people died.
* [[Image:RAF_roundel.svg|15px|RAF Roundel]]'''[[May 24]] [[2006]]:''' A Special Forces [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] Hercules C.1P XV206, c.n. 4231, of No. 47 Squadron's Special Forces Flight carrying the new British ambassador in [[Afghanistan]], [[Stephen Evans]], crash landed at a dirt landing strip outside the town of [[Lashkar Gar]] in the in [[Helmand Province]], Afghanistan after hitting a landmine on roll-out which holed the port external fuel tank and set the number two engine on fire. All nine crew and 26 passengers aboard safely evacuated, but the airframe burned out. It was later revealed that the Hercules was carrying a large number of SAS troops as well as a large amount of cash described as being one million dollars in some sources, and as "more than one million pounds" by others, while the MoD only admitted to a "sizeable amount of cash". The money was apparently destined for local warlords in exchange for their influence and intelligence.<ref name='airforcesmonthly'>{{cite journal
|last=Air Forces Monthly
|title=Million Dollar Hercules
|journal=Air Forces Monthly
|publisher=Key Publications
|___location=Stamford, Lincolnshire
|year=January 2007
|pages=32-35}}</ref>
*'''[[June 11]] [[2006]]:''' Lockheed Hercules C-130H, Chad Air Force TT-PAF, formerly Lockheed N73238, c.n. 5141, crashed at [[Abéché]], [[Chad]]. <ref>[http://www.baaa-acro.com/Photos-46/TT-PAF.jpg]</ref>
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[July 28]] [[2006]]:''' [[United States Coast Guard]] Lockheed Hercules HC-130H, CG 1710, c.n. 5028, crashed at [[Saint Paul Island, Alaska|Saint Paul Island]], [[Alaska]]. There were no reported injuries among the nine crewmen on board. <ref>[http://www.baaa-acro.com/Photos-46/1710-5.jpg] </ref>
* {{flagicon|Algeria}}'''[[August 13]] [[2006]]:''', a Civilian Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules belonging to Air Algeria, registered 7T-VHG, formerly Lockheed N4148M, c.n. 4880, was destroyed when it collided with terrain following a high-rate descent from 24,000 feet in [[Piacenza]], [[Italy]]. The pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer were killed. <ref>[http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20060822X01220&ntsbno=NYC06WA202&akey=1]</ref>
== References ==
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* Olausson, Lars, ''Lockheed Hercules Production List - 1954-2007'' - 24th ed., Satenäs, Sweden, 2006.
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