Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Oct 2, 2015 (14 killed), J...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on October 2, 2015 near Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan with 14 fatalities. Cause: USAF Accident Investigation...
- Date: October 2, 2015
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: USAF Accident Investigation Board: the mishap pilot placed a hard shell night vision goggle case in front of the yoke during an engines running offload, the case was not removed before takeoff, and the crew misidentified the malfunction as a pitch trim failure; environmental conditions, inaccurate expectations and fixation contributed.
On 2 October 2015 a USAF C 130J Hercules, 08 3174, crashed about 28 seconds after takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield on a night contingency airlift to Bagram. A night vision goggle case that had been left in front of the yoke blocked elevator movement, and the crew did not recognise it. All 11 aboard and three Afghan Special Reaction Force members in a guard tower were killed.