Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes

181 crashes involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules since 1980, with 2,724 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 181
• Fatal crashes: 134
• Fatalities: 2,724
• First recorded: March 14, 1980
• Most recent: March 23, 2026

Deadliest

1. September 26, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (159 fatalities)
2. June 30, 2015: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Medan-Soewondo AFB, North Sumatra, Indonesia (139 fatalities)
3. October 5, 1991: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jakarta-Halim Perdanakusuma, City District of Jakarta, Indonesia (135 fatalities)
4. December 6, 2005: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran (106 fatalities)
5. November 3, 1986: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (103 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (31)
• Angola (13)
• Afghanistan (10)
• Iran (7)
• Canada (6)
• Indonesia (6)
• Iraq (5)
• Pakistan (5)
• Saudi Arabia (5)
• Algeria (4)
• Bolivia (4)
• Brazil (4)

Years

• 1980 (10)
• 1991 (9)
• 1981 (8)
• 1987 (8)
• 1989 (8)
• 1982 (7)
• 1985 (7)
• 1986 (7)
• 1994 (7)
• 1992 (6)
• 2002 (6)
• 2006 (6)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• March 23, 2026: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, Colombia (69 fatalities)
• February 27, 2026: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, La Paz-El Alto, Bolivia (24 fatalities)
• November 11, 2025: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia (20 fatalities)
• July 4, 2021: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Jolo Island, Sulu, Philippines (52 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, DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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, USA, 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, USA, 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), All Antarctica, 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, USA, 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, USA, 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, All Egypt, 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, All Afghanistan, 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, USA, 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, Democratic Republic of the 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, All Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (10 fatalities)
• June 17, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Walker, California, USA, 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, All Afghanistan, Afghanistan (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 2002: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Twentynine Palms, California, USA, 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 9, 1999: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kuwait City, All Kuwait, 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, USA, 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, USA, 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, USA, 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, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
• October 7, 1992: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA, 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, USA, United States (0 fatalities)