Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jun 27, 2008, Baghdad
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on June 27, 2008 near Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq with no fatalities. Cause: The engine power loss was not explained. The...
- Date: June 27, 2008
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The engine power loss was not explained. The accident board found that the defensive alert at low altitude and airspeed, and the crew's response to it, led to the partly gear-down landing. The crew had never practised a multi-engine loss on takeoff in the simulator.
A USAF C-130H departing Baghdad on a support mission lost power on three engines about a minute after its defensive system activated. The crew made a partly gear-down forced landing in a field about 7.5 km north of the airport. All 38 occupants escaped, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and later destroyed by explosives.