Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Jul 10, 2017 (16 killed)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on July 10, 2017 near Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States with 16 fatalities. Cause: USMC investigation: a fatigue...
- Date: July 10, 2017
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: USMC investigation: a fatigue crack that grew from corrosion pitting and intergranular cracking, left in place during a 2011 propeller blade overhaul at Warner Robins ALC, caused the No. 4 blade to separate; deficiencies in that overhaul process were cited.
A US Marine Corps KC 130T Hercules (call sign Yanky 72) on a personnel transfer from Cherry Point to El Centro broke up in midair over Mississippi on 10 July 2017 after a propeller blade detached at 20,000 feet. All 16 people on board were killed when the aircraft crashed in a soybean field near Itta Bena. The investigation traced the blade failure to a fatigue crack linked to missed corrosion damage from a 2011 overhaul.