Lockheed C130 accident near Cooma, AU
On January 23, 2020, a Lockheed C130 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cooma, AU. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 23, 2020
- Place
- Cooma, AU
- Aircraft
- Lockheed C130 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.000°S, 149.384°E
- NTSB ID
- 20200123X90440
Sequence of events
- Low altitude operation/event (Maneuvering-low-alt flying, defining event)
Conditions
- Local time
- 2:15 AM
From Wikipedia
On 23 January 2020, a Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules, owned by Coulson Aviation, crashed while aerial firefighting for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service during Australia's black summer bushfires. All three crew on board the flight were fatally injured when the aircraft hit a tree before colliding with the ground, followed by a post-impact fuel-fed fire. The victims were US residents who were in Australia to help fight numerous substantial bushfires in the region.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) determined the cause of the collision was likely due to the dangerous weather conditions, low-level wind shear and an increased tailwind, leading to the aircraft stalling while releasing fire retardant foam at a low height and airspeed and colliding with terrain.
Text from Wikipedia, “2020 Coulson Aviation Lockheed EC-130 crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
