| Serial | 382-5054 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | MC-130H Hercules | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | MC-130H 'Combat Talon II'; w/o 29.12.2004 at Qayyarah Airfield West, Mosul, Iraq; the a/c was on a night time logistics transport mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A trench was being dug in runway 33 at the AP. The construction works, approx 2700ft from the southern end of the runway, were not marked nor on a NOTAM. On landing, at a speed of 80 knots, the a/c ran into the construction works. The nose gear and forward undercarriage were sheared off and the left wing separated just outside the no. 2 engine. The aircraft then caught fire (with 15 SOS/1 SOW); | |||||||||||||||
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