Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jun 10, 2005, Lokichoggio
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on June 10, 2005 near Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya with no fatalities. Cause: The captain's decision to land on the...
- Date: June 10, 2005
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's decision to land on the blocked runway, according to the joint Kenyan report summary.
A Transafrik Hercules flying a WFP food mission returned to Lokichoggio after an air drop. Lokichoggio's only runway was already blocked by an HS 748 that had belly landed. The Hercules made a very heavy landing short of the runway, its top fuselage broke, and its right wingtip struck the HS 748 while it was stopping. The five crew escaped unhurt, and the aircraft was later left unfinished and without its gear and engines.