In general, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a highly reliable aircraft: the Royal Air Force (RAF) recorded an accident rate of about one aircraft loss per 250,000 flying hours over the last forty years, making it one of the safest aircraft they operate (alongside the Vickers VC10 and Lockheed Tristar, with no flying losses).[1] However, more than 15 percent of the approximately 2,350 production hulls have been lost, including 70 by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during the Vietnam War.[2][3] As of August 25, 2008, this is thought to be a complete listing through August 2008, but omits the JC-130A tested to destruction (53-3130, c/n 3002) and airframes retired or withdrawn from service in the course of useful operational lives. By the nature of the Hercules' worldwide service, the pattern of losses provides a barometer of global hotspots over the past fifty years.[2]

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Guide to Hercules constructor numbers

The two prototype YC-130s, AF Serial Numbers 53-3396 and 53-3397, were built at the Burbank, California plant, and were given c/ns 1001 and 1002. Production Hercules have all been built at the Lockheed-Marietta, Georgia plant, and began their c/ns at 3001 (USAF 53-3129, still extant). The first prototype, c/n 1001, was disassembled at Warner Robins AFB in October 1960. The second prototype, c/n 1002, was salvaged at Indianapolis, Indiana in April 1962. (Lars Olausson, Lockheed Hercules Production List, 1954-2008, April 2007, page 2.) There have been a small number of c/ns assigned to airframes on order that were not built for various reasons. Also, C-130A model production ended at c/n 3231, and a new series for the B-model began at c/n 3501, the only time a large block was skipped for an upgraded airframe. Some 2,350 hulls have been built or are on order. USMC KC-130J BuNo 167111, c/n 5580, delivered December 2006 to VMGR-352, is the 2,300th Hercules. As of 2008, constructor numbers have been projected for anticipated orders through c/n 5630, an as yet unserialled Royal Norwegian Air Force C-130J-30, with projected delivery in August 2010 (Olausson, Production List, April 2008, page 130).

Crashes by decade

1950s

  • USAF Roundel September 2, 1958 : C-130A-II, 56-0528, c/n 3136, of the 7406th CCS was shot down by four MiG-17 fighters when it flew into Soviet airspace over Yerevan, Armenia while on a Sun Valley SIGINT mission, with all 17 crew killed. A look-alike C-130A is displayed in Vigilance Park at the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. This was the first operational C-130 hull loss.[4]
  • USAF Roundel September 19, 1958 : C-130A 56-0526, c/n 3134, of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, had a mid-air collision with a French Armée de l'Air Dassault Super Mystère over France.
  • USAF Roundel May 20, 1959 : C-130A 57-0468, c/n 3175, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed at Ashiya, Japan when it lost control during landing with single-engine failure.

1960s

  • USAF Roundel May 27, 1961 : A Tactical Air Command C-130B 59-1534, c/n 3570, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, veered off the runway during landing at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, with single-engine failure. Hull written off.
  • USAF Roundel October 1961 : Tactical Air Command C-130B 58-0745, c/n 3543 of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing was damaged in a refuelling fire at Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, and written off. Front portion towed to Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, to repair C-130B 58-0734, c/n 3530, in October 1969.
  • USAF Roundel March 8, 1962 : C-130A 55-0020, c/n 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in France in bad weather.
  • USAF Roundel May 17, 1962 : C-130A 56-0546, c/n 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in Kenya in bad weather after it descended under given altitude.
  • USAF Roundel November 26, 1962 : C-130A 56-0488, c/n 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, during a training flight - lost two engines.
  • USAF Roundel August 27, 1963 : C-130A 56-0474, c/n 3082, of the 315th Air Division, burned at Naha Air Base, Okinawa, during refuelling.
  • USAF Roundel May 2, 1964 : C-130A 56-0492, c/n 3100, of the 315th Air Division, crashed on landing at Ie Shima Island, Japan, when it hit the edge of the runway. Fuselage to Sukiran for paratrooper training.
  • Air Force Roundel September 3, 1964 : C-130B Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (Indonesian Air Force) C-130B T-1307, c/n 3599, of 31 Sqn. crashed in the Straits of Malacca. Probably chased by RAF Javelin. This was the first non-U.S. Hercules hull loss.
  • USAF Roundel January 11, 1965 : During an engine run-up test at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, a C-130B 58-0719, c/n 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c/n 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire. This was the first of five recorded cases of Hercules fratricide, as of October 2008.
  • USAF Roundel March 25, 1965 : C-130E 63-7797, c/n 3863, of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing, hit high-tension line on ridge top and crashed near Alençon, France, killing all seven crew.
  • USAF Roundel April 24, 1965 : C-130A 57-0475, c/n 3182, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during go-around in bad weather with heavy load - lost two engines, low fuel. This was the first Hercules hull loss related to the war in Southeast Asia. Six killed.
  • USAF Roundel July 1, 1965 : C-130A 55-0039, c/n 3066, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel July 1, 1965 : C-130A 55-0042, c/n 3069, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
  • Air force roundel August 18, 1965 : Pakistani Air Force C-130B 12648, former USAF 61-2648, c/n 3691, supplied under MAP, was written off after it veered off runway on landing.
  • USAF Roundel August 24, 1965 : USMC KC-130F BuNo 149802, c/n 3693, of VMGR-152, MAG-15, veered off runway on take-off from Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong and hit seawall, and crashed into the sea. No. 1 propeller reversed. This was the first Hercules hull loss in Marine Corps service. It was carrying Marine personnel returning to Vietnam after R & R in Hong Kong - of six crew and 65 passengers, 59 were killed while flying. Aircraft commander disregarded SOP. This is the worst accident at Kai Tak. The airport was relocated to Chek Lap Kok in 1988.
  • Air Force Roundel September 16, 1965 : Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (Indonesian Air Force) C-130B T-1306, c/n 3598, of 31 Sqn. crashed at Bawang airstrip, Kalimantan, Timur, Borneo, after hits by friendly fire.
  • USAF Roundel September 18, 1965 : C-130A 55-0038, c/n 3065, of the 35th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed when it struck water before landing at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam. (Lars Olausson, "Lockheed Hercules Production List, 1954-2008, 25th edition", page 7). According to Chris Hobson's "Vietnam Air Losses", page 52, the crew was attempting a VFR approach in low cloud and rain but the aircraft hit the water as it rolled out of a turn. Two crew and two passengers killed, three crew survived. Qui Nhon airfield became notorious for tricky crosswind conditions.
  • USAF Roundel December 8, 1965 : C-130A 56-0502, c/n 3110, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, 6315th Operations Group, out of Naha, crashed on take-off from Chu Lai, South Vietnam in bad weather - engine problems. All five crew survive.
  • USAF Roundel December 12, 1965 : C-130A 56-0515, c/n 3123, of the 18th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed during an assault take-off from Bitburg, West Germany.
  • USAF Roundel December 20, 1965 : C-130E 62-1843, c/n 3805, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into hill during approach to Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, according to Lars Olausson. Chris Hobson gives the following account: "...the first Hercules assumed to be lost in the air to enemy action [in Southeast Asia]. The aircraft was attempting to land at Tuy Hoa under a very low cloud base when it was hit by ground fire five miles south of the air base and crashed killing all [five] crew...Enemy action was never actually confirmed to have caused the loss of this aircraft which may have simply flown into high ground in poor visibility." (Vietnam Air Losses, Page 44). Serial number subsequently assigned to C-130E 64-0506, c/n 3990 in 1973, which was assigned "to another agency" December 31, 1964, and flew Air America missions in support of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Southeast Asia in a "sanitized" condition. Modified to C-130E(I). Reappeared at Hurlburt Field, Florida in the early 1970s, carrying 62-1843 identity, as C-130E(I), redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Assigned to the 711th Special Operation Squadron at Duke Field, Eglin Air Force Base Aux. Field 3, in October 1995, c/n 3990, the faux 62-1843, was still there as of December 2005. The builders plate reads what the Air Force wants it to read, but the airframe hours tell no lies, and the identity is an open secret on the flightline.[citation needed]
  • USAF Roundel January 6, 1966 : C-130B 61-0972, c/n 3669, of the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, was shot down west of Pleiku, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel January 9, 1966 : C-130B 61-0970, c/n 3667, of the 774th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on landing at An Khe, South Vietnam - number three propeller did not reverse and airframe ran off runway. All five crew survived.
  • USAF Roundel February 1, 1966 : USMC KC-130F BuNo 149809, c/n 3709, of VMGR-152, damaged over North Vietnam, crashed in sea 65 kilometers east of Dong Hoi. Six crew lost.
  • USAF Roundel March 19, 1966 : The crew of seven was killed when C-130B 61-2641, c/n 3677, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into Svanfjellet at 2,650 feet on the island of Senja on approach to Bardufoss Air Station, Norway.
  • USAF Roundel March 26, 1966 : C-130A 56-0506, c/n 3114, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, damaged landing at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, due to propeller reversal problem. Swerved into ditch to avoid truck at end of runway. Crew survived. Destroyed when towed by tank. Fuselage adapted for use as Officers Club building at Tuy Hoa.
  • USAF Roundel March 29, 1966 : C-130B 61-0953, c/n 3630, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, written-off after it touched down short of the runway during night landing at Pleiku, South Vietnam. Three crew killed, two survived.
  • RCAF Roundel April 15, 1966 : An RCAF CC-130B 10304, c/n 3590, crash landed in a field after losing a forward cargo door inflight, resulting in structural damage due to explosive decompression. .[5]
  • USAF Roundel May 31, 1966 : C-130E 64-0511, c/n 3995, of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 64th Troop Carrier Wing, shot down during Project Carolina Moon operation against the Thanh Hoa bridge on the Song Ma River, North Vietnam. Crew of eight KIA when Hercules attempted to drop eight-foot diameter bomb containing 5,000 lbs. of explosives on the rail bridge but exploded a few miles north of the target, assumed to have been either shot down or suffered controlled flight into terrain.
  • USAF Roundel June 17, 1966 : USAF Military Airlift Command C-130E 63-7785, c/n 3852, operated by USN squadron VR-7 under MAC control, out of Naval Air Station Moffett, California, exploded over sea after departing Cam Ranh Bay, Republic of Vietnam. Chris Hobson reported in his volume "Vietnam Air Losses", (Midland Publishing, 2001) on page 62 that "(t)he aircraft came down about 45 miles northeast of Nha Trang and about five miles off a small spit of land south of Phu Hiep. Although very little of the aircraft was ever found it was strongly suspected that the aircraft had been a victim of sabotage by Vietnamese communist sympathisers who worked at the base." This was the first Navy operated Hercules to be lost, but it was on loan from an Air Force unit. Serial number subsequently applied to C-130E 64-0507, c/n 3991, in 1972, which was assigned "to another agency" December 31, 1964, and flew Air America missions in support of CIA operations in Southeast Asia in a "sanitized" condition. Operated into Laos in all-black scheme. Operated by the 1198th OETS out of Norton Air Force Base (from October 1967), and modified to C-130E(I) Rivet Yard, then assigned to the 1174th Support Squadron, Norton Air Force Base. To 1st Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, December 1972, now sporting the 63-7785, c/n 3852, identity. Modified to Rivet Yank in 1974, and redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Ops by the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, mid-1995, then to 711th Special Operations Squadron, Duke Field, Florida by November 1995. Loan to 8th Special Operations Squadron, as of November 2005.
  • Air force roundel July 15, 1966 :[6] Pakistani Air Force C-130B 24142, former USAF 62-4142, c/n 3768, supplied under MAP, of 6 Sqn., crashed into mountain in Pakistan. All ten aboard killed.
  • USAF Roundel September 6, 1966 : C-130E 63-7878, c/n 3949, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, out of Ching Chuan Kang crashed into a mountain in Taiwan due to a navigation error during logistics flight from Southeast Asia. Five crew and three passengers killed.
  • USAF Roundel October 2, 1966 : C-130E 62-1840, c/n 3803, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, shot down 30 kilometers south of Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel October 12, 1966 : C-130E 63-7886, c/n 3957, of the 516th Tactical Airlift Wing, flew into ground at night circa 30 kilometers north-northwest of Aspermont, Texas.
  • USAF Roundel October 25, 1966 : C-130B 61-0955, c/n 3634, of the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron, ran off runway during landing at Fort Campbell, Kentucky after hitting wake turbulence - written off.
  • Air Force Roundel October 26, 1966 : Forca Aérea Brasileira C-130E FAB serial 2452, c/n 4093, of 1 Esquadrao, 1 Grupo, Galeao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, crashed during landing with a high sink rate.
  • USAF Roundel February 17, 1967 : C-130B 60-0307, c/n 3618, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed after take-off from Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, after suffering split flap problem. Emergency landing in rice paddy, written off.
  • USAF Roundel March 12, 1967 : C-130E 63-7772, c/n 3838, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from An Khe, South Vietnam - disturbance by helicopter.
  • USAF Roundel April 16, 1967 : C-130B 58-0722, c/n 3517, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on go-around at Bao Loc, South Vietnam - ammunition load exploded.
  • April 18, 1967 : Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E IIAF serial 5-107, c/n 4118, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, destroyed by lightning strike.
  • RCAF Roundel April 27, 1967 : An RCAF CC-130E 130309 (formerly 10309), c/n 4050, crashed after take-off from Trenton, possibly due to an elevator trim failure. Canadian Hercules switched from '103' prefix' to '130' prefix on June 26, 1970 thus this aircraft loast as 10309.[7]
  • USAF Roundel June 9, 1967 : C-130B 58-0737, c/n 3534, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed 20 kilometers east of Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam. Structural failure, probably shot down.
  • USAF Roundel June 17, 1967 : C-130B 60-0293, c/n 3591, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, overran the runway at An Khe, South Vietnam on aborted take-off, written off.
  • USAF Roundel June 22, 1967 : C-130E 63-7801, c/n 3867, of the 777th Tactical Airlift Squadron, tore off wing on landing at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, written off. Fuselage to paratrooper training, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, then to loadmaster training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, November 1971. Scrapped 1999.
  • USAF Roundel July 15, 1967 : C-130A 55-0009, c/n 3036, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel July 15, 1967 : EC-130E 62-1815, c/n 3777, of the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel October 8, 1967 : C-130B 61-2649, c/n 3692, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, hit mountain 25 kilometers southeast of Phu Bai/Hue, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel October 12, 1967 : C-130A 57-0467, c/n 3174, of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, hit bulldozer during take-off from Dak To, South Vietnam - landed at Cam Ranh Bay, written off.
  • USAF Roundel October 15, 1967 : C-130E 64-0548, c/n 4043, of the 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed short of the runway at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam - too low on the GCA approach to execute airdrop.
  • USAF Roundel November 15, 1967 : C-130E 62-1865, c/n 3829, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in rocket attack at Dak To, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel November 15, 1967 : C-130E 63-7827, c/n 3904, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in rocket attack at Dak To, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel November 25, 1967 : C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp 64-0563, c/n 4071, of Detachment 1, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, destroyed in mortar attack at Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel December 29, 1967 : C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp 64-0547, c/n 4040, of Detachment 1, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed into mountain 65 kilometers northeast of Dien Bien Phu, after dropping leaflets.
  • USAF Roundel February 10, 1968 : USMC KC-130F BuNo 149813, c/n 3719, of VMGR-152, crash landed on runway at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, when ground fire set alight fuel bladder on board. Crash was documented in full color by cameramen at the Marine firebase.
  • USAF Roundel February 18, 1968 : C-130B 58-0743, c/n 3540, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, destroyed in mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. Round entered through overhead escape hatch.
  • USAF Roundel February 29, 1968 : C-130E 64-0522, c/n 4006, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit by ground fire on take-off from Song Ba, South Vietnam, returned, crash landed and burned. Crew of five and five passengers escaped. Pilot Major Leland R. Filmore awarded a Silver Star for his part in this event. Chris Hobson's Vietnam Air Losses gives the date as February 28, 1968, page 139.
  • USAF Roundel March 2, 1968 : C-130A 56-0549, c/n 3157, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed during night landing at Phu Bai/Hue, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel March 3, 1968 : C-130E 62-1814, c/n 3776, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam - electrical fire in aft cockpit. All six crew survive.
  • Flag of Zambia April 11, 1968 : L-100, c/n 4109, leased from Lockheed Aircraft Service Company as N9261R to Continental Air Services, November 1965, then sold to the Government of the Republic of Zambia, August 1966, and leased to Zambian Air Cargoes with registration 9J-RCY, August 1966. Hard-luck Hercules suffered fire in left wheel well on fourth attempt to taxi start engine, June 1967 at Dar-es-Salaam. Repaired by Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering), Cambridge, UK. Destroyed in ground collision with c/n 4137 at Ndola, when returning from Dar-es-Salaam - brake failure.
  • Flag of Zambia April 11, 1968 : L-100, c/n 4137, sold to the Government of the Republic of Zambia, August 1966, and leased to Zambian Air Cargoes with registration 9J-RBX, August 1966. Destroyed in ground collision when hit by c/n 4109 at Ndola, when 9J-RCY suffered brake failure upon returning from Dar-es-Salaam.
  • USAF Roundel April 13, 1968 : C-130B 61-0967, c/n 3654, of the 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, suffered engine failure on landing, slid off runway, burned.
  • USAF Roundel April 16, 1968 : C-130A 56-0480, c/n 3088, of the 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crash landed at Special Forces Camp Bunard, 80 kilometers north of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Hull blown-up.
  • USAF Roundel April 26, 1968 : C-130B 60-0298, c/n 3602, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down dropping load at A Loui, South Vietnam. Crashed trying to land at A Loui. Manned by crew from 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron.
  • Air force roundel April 30, 1968 : L-100 c/n 4145, bought by Pakistan government for Pakistan International Airlines, October 1966, registered AP-AUU; operated by Pakistani Air Force, serial 64145, coded 'U'. Crashed when wing broke in turbulence near Chaklala, Pakistan.
  • USAF Roundel May 12, 1968 : C-130A 56-0548, c/n 3156, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, damaged by small arms fire at Kham Duc, South Vietnam - crash landed on runway with all props feathered, brakes shot out, written off.
  • USAF Roundel May 12, 1968 : C-130B 60-0297, c/n 3600, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down on take-off from Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel May 15, 1968 : C-130E 63-7875, c/n 3945, of the 29th Military Airlift Squadron, hard landing at Quang Tri, South Vietnam, port wing broke, written off.
  • Flag of Ecuador May 16, 1968 : L-100 c/n 4146, delivered June 1966, registered N9726R, sold to Bank of America, leased to Alaska Airlines, June 1966, named City of Anchorage; leased to Aerea-Aerovias Ecuatorianas, April 1968, burned after propeller struck ground while taxiing at Macuma, Ecuador.
  • USAF Roundel May 22, 1968 : C-130A 56-0477, c/n 3085, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down over Laos, during Blind Bat flare operation. First Hercules lost in/over Laos.
  • USAF Roundel June 25, 1968 : C-130E 62-1861, c/n 3825, with the 50th Troop Carrier Squadron from December 1965, from Tuy Hoa departed Katum, took .50 calibre AAA fire which set number one (port outer) engine afire which spread along port wing. Crash landed at Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, with only nose and port landing gear extended, veered off runway, exploded and burned. Crew of five escaped through cockpit overhead hatch and survived.
  • USAF Roundel July 29, 1968 : HC-130P 66-0214, c/n 4164, of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, destroyed by satchel charges at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel July 29, 1968 : HC-130P 66-0218, c/n 4174, of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, destroyed by satchel charges at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel September 6, 1968 : C-130E 62-1785, c/n 3730, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, shot down at Tan Phat, near Bao Loc, South Vietnam.
  • TAF_Roundel October 19, 1968 : Türk Hava Kuvvetleri[2] (Turkish Air Force) C-130E, ETI-949, 17949, ex-USAF 64-17949, c/n 4100, supplied under MAP, crashed into mountain on approach to Izmir, Turkey.
  • USAF Roundel November 28, 1968 : Tactical Air Command C-130B 61-2644, c/n 3682, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed when it overran runway during short field landing, Tonie Cham, South Vietnam.
  • Flag of the United States December 24, 1968 : L-100 c/n 4229, delivered October 1967, to Airlift International Inc., registered N760AL; leased to United States Department of the Interior, crashed at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on go-around in a snowstorm.
  • January 1, 1969 : Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E 454, c/n 4136, of 4 Sqn., crashed at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France.
  • USAF Roundel January 27, 1969 : C-130E 63-7780, c/n 3846, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in night mortar attack at Tonie Cham, South Vietnam. Aircraft had been assigned as Thunderbirds demonstration team support craft, October 1966.
  • USAF Roundel February 4, 1969 : HC-130H 65-0990, c/n 4151, of the 57th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, ditches off Taiwan while locating survivors from sunk freighter.
  • USAF Roundel March 8, 1969 : Tactical Air Command C-130E 64-0545, c/n 4035, of the 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed short of the runway at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan - weather below minimums.
  • RAF Roundel March 24, 1969 : Six crew members were killed when an RAF C-130K, XV180, c/n 4196, crashed shortly after take off at Fairford in Gloucestershire. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it stalled on take-off and plunged into a ploughed field 300 yards from the end of the runway.[8]
  • April 7, 1969 Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E 5-112, c/n 4154, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, crashed at Shiraz, Iran, while simulating two engines out.
  • USAF Roundel April 29, 1969 : C-130B 61-2637, c/n 3673, of the 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit in wheel well, crash landed at Loc Ninh, South Vietnam, burned.
  • USAF Roundel May 18, 1969 : USMC KC-130F BuNo 149814, c/n 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with F-4B BuNo 151001 of VMFA-542, MAG-13, from Chu Lai (both crew killed), while refuelling two F-4Bs of VMFA-314 over South Vietnam near Phu Bai. Two crew of F-4B BuNo 151450, survived after jettisoning bombs and ejecting, while the second F-4B recovered safely to Chu Lai. Olausson states that the KC-130F was from VMGR-352, while Hobson claims it was assigned to VMGR-152.
  • USAF Roundel May 23, 1969 : A drunken U.S. Air Force crew chief started up a C-130E, 63-7789, c/n 3856, of the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron at RAF Mildenhall and took off in it headed for Langley AFB, Virginia. He crashed into the English Channel off Alderney shortly thereafter. There is speculation whether the Hercules was shot down.[9]
  • USAF Roundel May 24, 1969 : AC-130A 54-1629, c/n 3016, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named "The Arbitrator", suffered battle damage over Laos, crash landed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, burned. First Hercules gunship loss.
  • USAF Roundel May 27, 1969 : C-130A 56-0472, c/n 3080, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit by ground fire while landing at Katum, South Vietnam, starboard wing burned off in post-landing fire.
  • USAF Roundel May 30, 1969 : C-130E 62-1831, c/n 3794, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, to Fairchild Maintenance Facility, St. Petersburg, Florida, written off in ground accident.
  • USAF Roundel June 23, 1969 : C-130B 61-0965, c/n 3652, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down on approach to Katum, South Vietnam.
  • Air force roundel July 8, 1969 : C-130B, 62-3490, c/n 3700, MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-103, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, (1967). Sold to Pakistani Air Force, serial 23490, coded 'Q'. Civilian registration AS-HFQ applied. Burned during refuelling at Islamabad - as of October 1986, hull was on dump at Islamabad.
  • Flag of Canada July 16, 1969 : L-100 c/n 4197, delivered May 1967 as Lockheed Aircraft Service Company N9269R; to Pacific Western Airlines, registered CF-PWO, line number 382, May 1967. Leased to Trans Mediterranean Airways, July 1967 - 1969, the only Hercules flown by this operator. Crashed Cayaya, Peru, wing hit ground during go-around in fog.
  • Colombian_Air_Force_Roundel‎ August 26, 1969 : C-130B RCAF 10303, c/n 3587, served with 435 Squadron, sold back to Lockheed-Georgia, registered N4654, July 1967. Sold to Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, serial 1002, January 1969. Crashed during landing at Bogotá, burned.
  • USAF Roundel October 6, 1969 : C-130B 58-0718, c/n 3513, of the 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron, suffered mid-air explosion near Chu Lai, South Vietnam, during flight to Da Nang - sabotage?
  • USAF Roundel November 24, 1969 : C-130A 56-0533, c/n 3141, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down at Ban Salou, Laos, during Blind Bat flare operation.
  • USAF Roundel December 13, 1969 : C-130A 56-0499, c/n 3107, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed during 3-engine take-off from Bu Dop, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel December 15, 1969 : C-130E 62-1800, c/n 3754, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed, Taiwan, propeller reversed in flight.
  • Air Force Roundel December 21, 1969 : Força Aérea Brasileira C-130E FAB serial 2450, c/n 4091, of 1 Esquadrao, 1 Grupo, Galeao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, written off at Recife, Brazil.

1970s

  • Air force roundel March 4, 1970 : C-130B, 62-3489,c/n 3699, MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-102, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, (1965). Sold to Pakistani Air Force, serial 23489, of 6 Squadron, written off.
  • Flag of the United States April 10, 1970 : C-130A 56-0510, c/n 3118, of E Flight, 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed into mountain on approach to Long Tieng, Laos, flown by Air America crew, nine killed.
  • USAF Roundel April 10, 1970 : C-130A 56-0516, c/n 3124, of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, ditched, broke up in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa - bleed air problem, lost two engines.
  • USAF Roundel April 22, 1970 : AC-130A 54-1625, c/n 3012, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named "War Lord", shot down over the Ho Chi Minh trail, near Ban Tang Lou.
  • USAF Roundel July 30, 1970 : USMC KC-130F, BuNo 150685, c/n 3728, of VMGR-152, crashed at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Lake Forest, California during misjudged maximum effort landing - wings broke, fuselage ended up overturned, burned.
  • USAF Roundel July 31, 1970 : C-130E 62-1802, c/n 3756, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Group, crashed on training flight near Piggott, Arkansas, mission included stalls.
  • USAF Roundel October 2, 1970 : C-130E 64-0536, c/n 4025, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed into Cha Tien Shan mountain after take-off from Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Flag of the United States October 11, 1970 : L-100 c/n 4221, delivered July 1967 as Lockheed Aircraft Service Company N9248R; leased to Alaska Airlines, November 1968 – November 1969, then modified to L-100-20. Sold to Saturn Airways, October 1970. Crashed in bad weather on approach to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.
  • USAF Roundel February 15, 1971 : USN LC-130F BuNo 148318, c/n 3562, of VXE-6, named "City of Christchurch", hit snow wall while taxiing at McMurdo, Antarctica, when wing hit ground, broke, burned. This was the first USN Hercules written off.
  • USAF Roundel February 21, 1971 : C-130B 61-2642, c/n 3678, of the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, damaged in rocket attack at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam. Written off and tail used to repair AC-130A.
  • RAF Roundel November 9, 1971 : An RAF C-130K, XV216, c/n 4243, from 24 Sqn crashed into the sea of Pisa with 46 Italian paratroopers onboard. There were no survivors.[10]
  • USAF Roundel November 12, 1971 : C-130E 69-6578, c/n 4353, of the 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed due to fin stall on take-off from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
  • USAF Roundel January 15, 1972 : USMC KC-130F BuNo 149810, c/n 3710, of VMGR-252, burned while filled with oxygen, Lake City, Florida. Tail section at Cherry Point, North Carolina, as of August 1984.
  • USAF Roundel January 15, 1972 : USN EC-130G TACAMO III, BuNo 151890, c/n 3871, of VQ-4, suffered in-flight fire in number one fuel tank, written off at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.
  • USAF Roundel February 19, 1972 : C-130E 62-1813, c/n 3775, of the 16th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron, mid-air collision with Cessna T-37, 6 kilometers northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas - four killed on Hercules.
  • USAF Roundel March 28, 1972 : AC-130A 55-0044, c/n 3071, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named "Prometheus", shot down by SA-2 Guideline SAM, southeast of Sepone, Laos.
  • USAF Roundel March 30, 1972 : AC-130E 69-6571, c/n 4345, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, shot down over the Ho Chi Minh trail, Laos, the second AC-130 lost in three days, and the first E-model gunship attrited. This second loss in three days alarmed Special Operations Command, and led to a review of operational parameters.
  • USAF Roundel April 18, 1972 : C-130E 63-7775, c/n 3841, of the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, shot down, landed in swamp near Lan Khe, South Vietnam. Written off.
  • USAF Roundel April 25, 1972 : C-130E 64-0508, c/n 3992, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, shot down near drop zone at An Loc, South Vietnam, during night mission.
  • USAF Roundel May 3, 1972 : C-130E 62-1797, c/n 3748, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, shot down at An Loc, South Vietnam, during night mission.
  • USAF Roundel May 17, 1972 : C-130E 63-7798, c/n 3864, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit by rocket (?) taking off from Kontum, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel May 22 – May 23, 1972 : C-130E 62-1854, c/n 3818, of E flight, 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed by rocket on ground at Kontum, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel June 5, 1972 : C-130D 57-0495, c/n 3202, of the 17th Tactical Airlift Squadron, named "The Harker", stalled while overshooting at Dye III, 320 kilometers east of Söndreström Air Base, Greenland - rudder stall during flat side-slipping turn. Written off.
  • USAF Roundel June 5, 1972 : C-130E 62-1805, c/n 3759, of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, loaned to the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing - crashed in sea near Makung, Pescadores Islands, after suffering landing gear explosion while in traffic pattern.
  • USAF Roundel June 18, 1972 : AC-130A 55-0043, c/n 3070, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, shot down by SA-7 SAM, over the A Shau Valley, southwest of Hue, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel August 12, 1972 : C-130E 62-1853, c/n 3817, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down during take-off from Soc Trang, South Vietnam.
  • RAF Roundel September 12, 1972 : An RAF C-130, XV194, c/n 4214 veered off runway on landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS), in Norway and ended up in a ditch. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
  • USAF Roundel December 5, 1972 : C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp 64-0558, c/n 4059, of the 318th Special Operations Squadron, collided with Convair F-102A 56-1517, out of McEntire Air National Guard Base, northeast of Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. Twelve on Hercules, and one in the Delta Dagger KWF.[11]
  • USAF Roundel December 9, 1972 : C-130E 64-0505, c/n 3989, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed and burned, landing at Naval Air Station Agana/Brewer Field, Guam.
  • USAF Roundel December 21, 1972 : AC-130A 56-0490, c/n 3098, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named "Thor", shot down 40 kilometers northeast of Pakse, Laos.
  • USAF Roundel January 28, 1973 : USN LC-130R BuNo 155917, c/n 4305, of VXE-6, crash landing at South Pole Station, Antarctica - late go-around in white-out conditions.
  • RAF Roundel September 10, 1973 : An RAF C-130K, XV198, c/n 4219, from 48 Sqn crashed at RAF Colerne in Wiltshire. It was carrying out co-pilot training when it was overshooting from runway 07 with a simulated engine failure when the other engine on that side failed. At that height (400ft) and speed involved, the asymmetric forces proved too much for the crew to control and the aircraft dived into the ground. The Captain was Sqn/Ldr Tony Barrett, and all 5 crew died.[12]
  • USAF Roundel October 15, 1973 : USAF C-130E, 62-1845, c/n 3808, of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain, 20 miles (45 kilometers) south of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The aircraft exploded on impact and was destroyed by fire. All seven crew were killed.[13]
  • February 28, 1974 : C-130E Imperial Iranian Air Force 5-128, c/n 4393, renumbered 5-122, November 1973, crashed into mountain near Mehrabad, Iran.
  • USAF Roundel April 20, 1974 :USAF C-130E, 62-1841, c/n 3804, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed on take-off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and sank in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Flag of the United States May 23, 1974 : L-100 c/n 4225, delivered September 1967, as Lockheed Aircraft Services, N759AL, modified to L-100-20, August 1969, sold to Saturn Airways, N14ST, named "Bozo", October 1970. Modified to L-100-30, February 1972. Wing broke in turbulence at Springfield, Illinois.
  • July 4, 1974 : Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E c/n 4295, delivered as 5-118, October 1968, renumbered 5-112, November 1973, renumbered 5-8507, 1976(?), crashed at Shiraz, Iran on date believed to be July 4.
  • August 18, 1974 : Zaire Air Force C-130H 9T-TCD, c/n 4422, crashed at Kisangani, Zaire.
  • Flag of the United States August 30, 1974 : L-100 c/n 4209, delivered April 1967 to the Government of Zambia, 9J-REZ, leased to Zambian Air Cargoes, April 1967. Sold to National Aircraft Leasing, April 1969, registered N921NA (in an FAA series usually assigned to aircraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), leased to the Department of Interior, April 1969 – July 1972. Leased to Alaska International Air, (earlier Interior Airways, later Markair), registered N100AK, July 1972. Damaged on ice island T-3, 1,000 kilometers north of Point Barrow, Alaska, February 1973, repaired. Sold by insurance company to Alaska International Air. Destroyed when cargo exploded on ground at Galbraith Lake, Alaska, 200 kilometers south of Prudhoe Bay.
  • USAF Roundel September 30, 1974 : C-130E 63-7802, c/n 3868, of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed on landing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
  • Flag of the United States October 27, 1974 : L-100 c/n 4234, delivered February 1969, sold to National Aircraft Leasing, leased to Interior Airways, N7999S, April 1969. Leased to Delta Airlines, line number 300, January 1970. Leased to International Aerodyne, February 1971, then leased to Alaska International Air, registered N102AK, July 1972, but still marked N7999S, May 1974. Wing broke on approach to Old Man's Camp, Alaska. Accident report identifies airframe as N102AK.
  • December 18, 1974 : South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) C-130A 56-0521, c/n 3107, transferred from the 711th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Eglin AFB Aux Field #3/Duke Field, Florida, to VNAF in 1973, destroyed on ground, Song Be, South Vietnam.
  • December 25, 1974 : South Vietnamese Air Force C-130A 55-0016, c/n 3043, transferred from the 109th Tactical Airlift Squadron to VNAF, November 1972, shot down landing at Song Be, South Vietnam.
  • USAF Roundel February 1, 1975 : Tactical Air Command C-130B, 58-0721, c/n 3516, of the 706th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 926th Tactical Airlift Group, 442nd Tactical Airlift Wing, tailcode NO, Naval Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974-1975, crashed on take-off from New Orleans - number one engine failed.
  • April 6, 1975 : South Vietnamese Air Force C-130A 55-0002, c/n 3029, transferred from the 706th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 926th Tactical Airlift Group, 442nd Tactical Airlift Wing to VNAF, November, 1972. Ran off runway at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, burned.
  • USAF Roundel April 28, 1975 : C-130E 72-1297, c/n 4519, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, destroyed by rocket, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. This was the last U.S. military Hercules hull loss associated with the war in Southeast Asia. It was these attacks by the advancing NVA that forced the closing of Tan Son Nhut to fixed-wing evacuation, thus necessitating the now-famous helicopter evacuations from downtown Saigon by the United States Marine Corps and the Air America arm of the CIA.
  • USAF Roundel July 26, 1975 : C-130A 57-0454, c/n 3161, of the 63rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed north of Imlay City, Michigan - lost blade from number three propeller, hit engine number four.
  • Air Force Roundel August 28, 1975 : Fuerza Aérea Argentina, Argentine Air Force, C-130E TC-62, c/n 4309, of 1 Escuadrón, 1 Brigada Aérea, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, destroyed when bomb exploded on runway in front of aircraft during take-off from Tucuman, Argentina.
  • Air Force Roundel November 25, 1975 : Israeli Defense Force/Air Force C-130H c/n 4530, serial ?, crashed into mountain Jebel Halal, 55 kilometers south-southeast of El Arish, Israel.
  • Flag of Venezuela August 27, 1976 :, A Fuerza Aérea Venezolana, Venezuelan Air Force C-130H military transport aircraft, FAV-7772, c/n 4408, named "24 de Julio", involved in a national sports tragedy at Lajes Air Base, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal - crashed after three attempts in bad weather, high winds, low visibility. The aircraft was carrying 68 passengers (members of the "Orfeón Universitário" of UCV-Venezuelan Central University, in flight to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the "Festival Internacional del Canto Coral") and 5 crew members. In all, 73 people died.[14]
  • Flag of Canada November 21, 1976 : L-100-20 c/n 4361, constructed December 1969 as Lockheed Aircraft Company N7982S, sold to Pacific Western Airlines, registered CF-PWX, line number 384, December 1969 - crashed at Eastville, near Kisangani, Zaire, low fuel, emergency landing in fog at night.Field landing lights off on arrival, not enough fuel to return, let down in jungle, one survivor.
  • Air Force roundel December 4, 1976 : Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130H CN-AOB, c/n 4537, coded 'B', shot down over Sahara by Polisario rebels.
  • December 21, 1976 : Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130H c/n 4463, delivered as 5-148, September 1972, renumbered 5-142, November 1973, renumbered 5-8536, 1976, crashed during approach in bad weather to Shiraz, Iran.
  • Air Force roundel March 3, 1977 : Aeronautica Militare Italiana, Italian Air Force C-130H MM61996 '46-10', c/n 4492, of the 46 Aerobrigata, crashed into Monte Serra, 15 kilometers east of Pisa, Italy.
  • USAF Roundel June 21, 1977 : USN EC-130Q TACAMO III BuNo 156176, c/n 4280, of VQ-3, crashed in the Pacific Ocean after night take-off from Wake Island.
  • Air Force Roundel February 19, 1978 : L-100-20, c/n 4364, delivered February 1970 as Lockheed Aircraft Company N7986S, sold to Flying W Airways, registered N70FW, then back to Lockheed as N7986S. Sold to Fuerza Aérea del Peru, Peruvian Air Force FAP-395, October 1970, then leased to SATCO, registered OB-R-1004. As FAP-395, 1976. Crashed when engine shut down during take-off from Tarapoto, Peru.
  • Air Force roundel February 19, 1978 : Egyptian Air Force C-130H SU-BAA 1270, c/n 4707, suffered a ground fire at Larnaca, Cyprus - nose burnt out, written off.
  • USAF Roundel April 15, 1978 : C-130E 63-7787, c/n 3854, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, got into fin stall, crashed near Barstow, California.
  • USAF Roundel April 28, 1978 : C-130E 63-7766, c/n 3832, of the 17th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed short of runway at Sparrevohn Air Force Station, Alaska, written off.
  • July 12, 1978 : Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana, Ecuador Air Force C-130H, 748, c/n 4748, constructed August 1977, of 11 Sqn., crashed into Pinincha Mountains, Ecuador.
  • USAF Roundel September 8, 1978 : C-130E 64-0532, c/n 4021, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, hit mountain in Arkansas in bad weather - 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron crew.
  • September 19, 1978 : Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130H c/n 4457, delivered as 5-144, August 1972, renumbered 5-138, November 1973, renumbered 5-8532, October 1976, crashed during landing, 3-engine go-around, Doshan Tappah Air Base, Iran.
  • USAF Roundel November 30, 1978 : C-130E 68-10936, c/n 4316, of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, struck by lightning, crashed 55 kilometers west of Charleston, South Carolina.
  • USAF Roundel December 10, 1978 : C-130E 68-10951, c/n 4331, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed on approach to Fort Campbell Army Air Field, Kentucky - engine control wire failure.
  • January 23, 1979 : Aeronautica Militare Italiana, Italian Air Force C-130H MM62000 '46-14', c/n 4497, of the 46 Aerobrigata, jumped chocks during engine run-up, hit tree, written-off. Parts used to support c/n 4491, MM61995 damaged in hard landing, Pisa, January 1999. Hull at Milan-Malpensa, Italy, December 1979, 1989.
  • Air force roundel February 1, 1979 : Pakistani Air Force C-130B 23488, c/n 3698, former USAF 62-3488, then MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-101, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron; sold to Pakistani Air Force, 23488, coded 'P', registered AQ-ACP, then AS-HFP, jumped chocks during night engine test run, collided with c/n 4117, written-off. Hull at Lahore, June, 1981.
  • Air force roundel February 1, 1979 : Pakistani Air Force C-130E 10687, c/n 4117, former USAF 65-10687, then MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-106, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, renumbered 5-102, November 1973; sold to Pakistani Air Force, 10687, coded 'D', hit by c/n 3698 when it jumped chocks during night engine test run, written-off. Hull at Lahore, June, 1981.
  • April 8, 1979 : LAAF, Libyan Republic Air Force C-130H 116, c/n 4401, burnt out at Entebbe, Uganda.
  • Flag of Angola May 15, 1979 : L-100 c/n 4176, delivered to Delta Airlines, October 1966 registered N9259R. Modified to L-100-20, December 1968, sold to Air Finance, September 1973. Leased to Alaska International Air, N105AK, October 1973. Sold to CTA, Consorcio Technico de Aeronautica, Luanda, Angola, registered D2-FAF, September 1977. As Angola Cargo, September 1978, as TAAG Angola Airlines, April 1979, damaged when it overshot landing at São Tomé, written off.
  • June 19, 1979 : Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E c/n 4402, delivered as 5-132, January 1971, renumbered 5-126, November 1973, renumbered 5-8520, October 1976, lost control in flight, crashed, Shiraz, Iran. There is some question about this date.
  • September 28, 1979 : Bolivian Air Force C-130H TAM90, c/n 4744, operated by Transporte Aéreo Boliviano CP-1375, as of July 23, 1977. Crashed - flew into water after night take-off from Panama-Tocumen.

1980s

  • USAF Roundel March 14, 1980 : C-130H 74-2064, c/n 4659, of the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, explosion on board, inbound to Incirlik, Turkey, crashed 15 kilometers west of Incirlik
  • USAF Roundel April 24, 1980 :During the ill-fated secret rescue mission at an airstrip in the Great Salt Desert of Eastern Iran, near Tabas codenamed Operation Eagle Claw, an EC-130E, 62-1809, c/n 3770, of the 7th ACCS, was destroyed in collision with a USN RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter, BuNo 158761. As the helicopter took off it clipped the C-130 and crashed, killing five USAF aircrew in the C-130, and three USMC aircrew in the RH-53[15] Several other RH-53Ds had to be abandoned at the site after suffering shrapnel damage from the collision. At least one airframe was assembled from the abandoned helicopters, to join six RH-53Ds supplied by the United States to the Iranian Navy in 1978.
  • Spain May 28, 1980: Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) C-130H, c/n 4520, delivered December 1973, as T10-1, '301-01', of Escuadrón 301, at Valenzuela-Zaragoza, then to Escuadrón 311, Zaragoza as '311-01', 1978. Crashed into mountain in central Gran Canaria.
  • September 5, 1980 : L-100-20 c/n 4350, delivered December 1969 as Lockheed Aircraft Company N7954S, sold to Kuwait Air Force, serialled 317, December 1970. Crashed near Montelimar in southeastern France - lightning strike.
  • September 14, 1980 : Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E 453, c/n 4128, of 4 Squadron, crashed on take-off from Medina Saudi Arabia - engine fire. Eighty-nine on board killed.
  • September 14, 1980 : A Zaire Air Force C-130H, 9T-TCE, c/n 4569, crashed during take-off from Kindu, Zaire, during a three-engine attempt with a maximum load.
  • September 22, 1980 : Lars Olausson lists unidentified C-130E loss by the Iranian Air Force on this date, but this may be confusion with either Iranian Airways Ilyushin Il-76, YI-AIO, c/n 073410315, lost on landing at Baghdad-Saddam International Airport on September 23, 1980, or Iranian Airways Antonov An-24TV, YI-AEM, c/n 1022805, which crashed near Kirkuk, Iraq on September 24, 1980.