Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes

384 crashes involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules since 1958, with 4,682 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 384
Fatal crashes: 283
Fatalities: 4,682
First recorded: September 2, 1958
Most recent: March 23, 2026

Deadliest

September 26, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (159 fatalities)
May 12, 1968: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Khâm Đức Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam (155 fatalities)
June 30, 2015: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Medan-Soewondo AFB, North Sumatra, Indonesia (139 fatalities)
October 5, 1991: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jakarta-Halim Perdanakusuma, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (135 fatalities)
December 6, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran (106 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1980 (20)
1968 (19)
1969 (19)
1972 (16)
1981 (16)
1989 (16)
1966 (15)
1985 (14)
1987 (14)
1986 (13)
1967 (12)
1982 (12)

All crashes (page 1 of 4)

March 23, 2026: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia (69 fatalities)
February 27, 2026: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, La Paz-El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia (24 fatalities)
July 4, 2021: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jolo Island, Sulu, Philippines (53 fatalities)
June 8, 2020: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Al Taji AAF, Salāh ad-Dīn, Iraq (0 fatalities)
January 23, 2020: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Peak View, New South Wales, Australia (3 fatalities)
January 9, 2020: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Goma, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
December 9, 2019: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Drake Passage, World (38 fatalities)
December 6, 2018: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pacific Ocean, World (5 fatalities)
November 9, 2018: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad), Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
June 3, 2018: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Biskra, Biskra, Algeria (1 fatality)
May 2, 2018: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Savannah, Georgia, United States (9 fatalities)
April 29, 2018: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sharara Field, Wadi al Hayaa, Libya (3 fatalities)
July 10, 2017: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States (16 fatalities)
December 18, 2016: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wamena, Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (13 fatalities)
July 11, 2016: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Montijo AFB, Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (3 fatalities)
October 2, 2015: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan (14 fatalities)
June 30, 2015: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Medan-Soewondo AFB, North Sumatra, Indonesia (139 fatalities)
November 27, 2014: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Teniente Rodolfo Marsh-Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva (King George Island), Antarctica (0 fatalities)
September 21, 2014: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kawm Ushim, Faiyum, Egypt (6 fatalities)
July 22, 2014: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Herat, Herat, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
March 28, 2014: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Karauli, Rajasthan, India (5 fatalities)
February 11, 2014: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Aïn Kercha, Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria (76 fatalities)
May 19, 2013: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Shank AFB, Logar, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
July 1, 2012: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Edgemont, South Dakota, United States (4 fatalities)
March 15, 2012: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden (5 fatalities)
July 26, 2011: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Guelmim, Guelmim-Es Semara, Morocco (80 fatalities)
November 19, 2010: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Paris-Le Bourget, Seine-Saint-Denis, France (0 fatalities)
November 18, 2010: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen (0 fatalities)
October 12, 2010: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (8 fatalities)
June 4, 2010: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sharana AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
May 6, 2010: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Brize Norton AFB, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 23, 2009: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pisa-San Giusto-Galileo Galilei (Arturo dell'Oro), Tuscany, Italy (5 fatalities)
October 29, 2009: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, San Clemente Island NAS, California, United States (7 fatalities)
May 20, 2009: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Madiun, West Java, Indonesia (100 fatalities)
February 24, 2009: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Egypt (0 fatalities)
August 25, 2008: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines (11 fatalities)
August 5, 2008: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Bagram AFB, Parwan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
June 27, 2008: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (0 fatalities)
August 29, 2007: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
February 12, 2007: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Amarah, Maysān, Iraq (0 fatalities)
August 13, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (3 fatalities)
July 12, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kigoma, Kigoma Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
June 28, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Saint Paul Island, Alaska, United States (0 fatalities)
June 11, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Abéché, Ouaddaï, Chad (5 fatalities)
May 24, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
April 14, 2006: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kinshasa-N'Djili, Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
December 6, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran (106 fatalities)
June 10, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya (0 fatalities)
March 31, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Gramsh, Elbasan, Albania (9 fatalities)
January 30, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq (10 fatalities)
December 29, 2004: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Qayyarah Airfield West AFB, Nīnawā (Nineveh), Iraq (0 fatalities)
September 19, 2003: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, La Quemada, Zacatecas, Mexico (6 fatalities)
June 30, 2003: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Boufarik AFB, Blida, Algeria (15 fatalities)
June 25, 2003: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Rudshur, Qom, Iran (7 fatalities)
August 7, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Caguas, Puerto Rico (10 fatalities)
June 17, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Walker, California, United States (3 fatalities)
June 12, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sardeh Band, Ghazni, Afghanistan (3 fatalities)
February 13, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Hindu Kush Mountain Range, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
February 11, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Twentynine Palms, California, United States (0 fatalities)
January 9, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Shamsi AFB, Baluchestan, Pakistan (7 fatalities)
December 20, 2001: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lhokseumawe-Malikussaleh, Aceh, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
September 27, 2001: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Campo dos Afonsos AFB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (9 fatalities)
September 6, 2000: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Burzet, Ardèche, France (2 fatalities)
July 25, 2000: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, King Hussein AFB (Mafraq), Mafraq, Jordan (13 fatalities)
February 1, 2000: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran (6 fatalities)
January 14, 2000: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chimore, Cochabamba, Bolivia (5 fatalities)
December 28, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Luzamba, Lunda Norte, Angola (0 fatalities)
December 10, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kuwait City, Kuwait (3 fatalities)
September 17, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt La Paila, Hidalgo, Mexico (5 fatalities)
June 11, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kukës, Kukës, Albania (0 fatalities)
January 2, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Huambo-Albano Machado, Huambo, Angola (9 fatalities)
December 26, 1998: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Huambo-Albano Machado, Huambo, Angola (14 fatalities)
September 10, 1998: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad), Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 10, 1998: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Chaklala-Nur Khan AFB (Islamabad), Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan (5 fatalities)
December 20, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt Pastra, Attica, Greece (5 fatalities)
October 10, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Taipei-Songshan, Taipei City, Taiwan (8 fatalities)
April 16, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Niamey, Niamey City District, Niger (14 fatalities)
April 1, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras (3 fatalities)
March 13, 1997: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (88 fatalities)
November 22, 1996: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pacific Ocean, World (10 fatalities)
August 17, 1996: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mt Sleeping Indian (Mt Sheep), Wyoming, United States (9 fatalities)
July 15, 1996: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands (34 fatalities)
May 16, 1996: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tandil, Buenos Aires province, Argentina (0 fatalities)
February 26, 1996: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan (91 fatalities)
May 13, 1995: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Bliss, Idaho, United States (6 fatalities)
December 31, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz, Beni, Bolivia (0 fatalities)
October 14, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Formosa de Rio Preto, Bahia, Brazil (21 fatalities)
September 23, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Hong Kong-Kai Tak, Hong Kong, China (6 fatalities)
August 13, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Pearblossom, California, United States (3 fatalities)
April 7, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Malanje, Malanje, Angola (0 fatalities)
March 17, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Stepanakert, Yukhari Garabakh, Azerbaijan (32 fatalities)
March 14, 1994: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Malindi, Coast, Kenya (8 fatalities)
December 15, 1993: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines (30 fatalities)
July 22, 1993: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada (5 fatalities)
May 27, 1993: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
February 3, 1993: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Dobbins AFB, Georgia, United States (7 fatalities)
October 7, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
September 26, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (159 fatalities)
July 31, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, United States (0 fatalities)
July 26, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan (0 fatalities)