Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 26 March 1966
Aircraft Type: Lockheed C-130A Hercules
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 56-0506
Location: Tuy Hoa (TBB) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: PropellerPropeller
Category: Accident
An aircraft engine failed, preventing deceleration, leading to a swerve off the runway and a collision with a truck. The airplane subsequently entered a ditch, resulting in significant damage to the Hercules.An aircraft engine failed, preventing deceleration, leading to a swerve off the runway and a collision with a truck. The airplane subsequently entered a ditch, resulting in significant damage to the Hercules.
Description
Due to a failure in the propeller pitch mechanism one of the engines’ propellers could not be used to decelerate. The airplane swerved off the runway into a ditch, in an attempt to avoid a truck at the end of the runway. Damage was repairable, but the Hercules was damaged beyond repair when recovery crew attempted to tow the airplane using a tank and a steel cable through openings in the fuselage.
Source of Information
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Propeller failure in an engine.Propeller failure in an engine.Share on:
