casey Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 The Lockheed C-130M Hercules transport plane suffered a landing accident at Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Air Base, King George Island, Antarctica. The right hand main landing gear reportedly collapsed while landing on runway 29. The nr.4 propeller separated. FAB C-130M FAB2470 c/n 4441 View original article: http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20141127-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 From another article: A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) crashed on Thursday during landing in the Chilean base Eduardo Frei, in Antarctica, no injuries, reported the FAB in a statement. The right hand main landing gear reportedly collapsed while landing on runway 29. The nr.4 propeller separated. “The occurrence was around 11 am (local time). There were no injuries. The Brazilian Air Force will investigate factors contributing to the occurrence,” said the FAB in the note. According the Chilean state television, the plane flipped in adverse weather conditions. The aircraft was conducting a mission of the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar) added to FAB. view article: http://www.aviationnews.eu/57775/landing-incident-with-brazillian-c-130h-hercules-at-antarctica/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdaley Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 FAB 2470 Lock 4441ex Italian 46-02 Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 A couple more images from this site: http://www.ar15.com/mobile/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1691306 [ATTACH=CONFIG]4501[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]4502[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railrunner130 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 They got lucky in that the prop went away from the airplane and not towards and into it. This looks repairable to me. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfManJ Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 It appears repairable to me too at first glance. However, the location will make the effort much more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbob Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 How much damage on the right wing tip. Looks fairly substantial. Also how did the gear collapse? Parts ripped away or just retracted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Looks like the wing tip cap is the only damage. If it was further in, like into #4 main tank there would be a lot fuel all around the tip...I would think. You can knock or shear the tip (Cap) and not get into the tank...if you are lucky as we were in Tief, Saudie Arabia on our last D.S. rote. Took the tip shards off, speed taped it and flew back to King Fhaud apt. A good day. Bill:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVS Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Looks like the wing tip cap is the only damage. If it was further in, like into #4 main tank there would be a lot fuel all around the tip...I would think. You can knock or shear the tip (Cap) and not get into the tank...if you are lucky as we were in Tief, Saudie Arabia on our last D.S. rote. Took the tip shards off, speed taped it and flew back to King Fhaud apt. A good day. Bill:) Now thats a keepsake.Who got to hang it on the wall at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre623 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Ha Ha ...I presented a plaque with a piece of the cap on it to the pilot at a flying safety meeting after we got back home. It said "Here is a little TIP from maint...watch those wing tips" Bill :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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