Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Oct 29, 2009 (7 killed), S...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on October 29, 2009 near San Clemente Island NAS, California, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: No single cause....
- Date: October 29, 2009
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: San Clemente Island NAS, California, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: No single cause. Investigators found a combination of events and missed opportunities in an airspace where aircraft largely rely on see-and-avoid, with the Hercules crew not given operational priority.
A Coast Guard HC-130 searching for a missing skiff collided over the sea near San Clemente Island with a Marine Corps AH-1 Cobra on a training flight. Both aircraft crashed into the sea and no one survived. The search for survivors was called off on 1 November.