ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238727
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 June 1975 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130K Hercules C1 |
| Owner/operator: | 242 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XV181 |
| MSN: | 4198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, West Sussex, UK |
| RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, West Sussex, UK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was carrying out engine shut down (asymmetric) landing training at RAF Thorney Island when control was lost and the starboard wing and No.4 engine propeller hit the runway, the outer starboard wing collapsed and caught fire and damage was caused to the fuselage and the propeller. Fragments of the propeller penetrated the fuselage narrowly missing a crew member.
The aircraft was dismantled and taken to Marshalls of Cambridge for repair, re-entering RAF service in 1976.
The aircraft was built as a Hercules C1, serial No. 65-13026, for the RAF and was initially used by the United States, Allison Engine Company, testing the Allison GMA 2100 engine, before entering entered Royal Air Force service as XV181 in 1967.
The aircraft was sold to the Austrian Air Force, Serial No. 8T-CA, entering service on the 20th March 2003. The aircraft was photographed in these colours at the RAF Waddington International Air Show, Lincolnshire, UK on 4th July 2009.
Sources:
https://ivcmac.bmfa.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Paper-for-the-RAF-Historical-Society-C130-seminar-Oct-2019.pdf
http://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/mishaps-and-accidents/airforce/RAF/
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1965.html
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XV
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 2018 | 8T-CA | Austrian Armed Forces | 0 | over Hungary |  |
unk |
| 11 October 2023 | 8T-CA | Austrian Air Force | 0 | Linz |  |
non |
Images:
RAF Waddington International Air Show, Lincolnshire, UK - 4th July 2009
RAF Waddington (EGXW), Lincolnshire, UK. - 4th July 2009
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2020 17:26 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 28-Jul-2020 06:29 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 19-Aug-2020 16:05 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Apr-2022 19:45 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
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