| Serial | 382-3871 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | EC-130G Hercules | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | w/o 15.01.72 (with VQ-4) cr 5 minutes after take-off from NAS Patuxent River, MD, while climbing through 7500ft, an explosion occurred in the outboard part of the left wing. A fire erupted. The no. 1 engine was shut down and the extinguisher bottles fired. The crew were unable to control the fire. Control difficulties forced the pilot to carry out an emergency descent at a speed of 270 kts and a forced landing was made in a corn field. After the a/c came to rest, the fire burned for 36 minutes. The fire continued burning aft and inboard before it was extinguished by a local volunteer fire department. | |||||||||||||||
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