Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, May 16, 1968, Macuma Moron...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on May 16, 1968 near Macuma Morona Santiago, Ecuador with no fatalities.
- Date: May 16, 1968
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Macuma Morona Santiago, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A civil Hercules transport operated by AREA Ecuador was destroyed at Macuma on 16 May 1968 when its wheels sank into soft ground. Timbers were placed under the wheels to move it, but the number one propeller struck the ground and disintegrated, and debris started a fire that destroyed the aircraft. All six crew were uninjured.