janneman36 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Today sadly enough a Lat Coulson C130 went down during a firebombing mission in Australia. Aircraft involved is N134CG... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/c-130-crash-three-americans-killed-air-tanker-battling-australian-wildfires-today-2020-01-23/ Three crewmembers confirmed dead, may they rest in peace.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSG0 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 RIP to the crew. Condolences to the families, friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I wonder if this might be fatigue cracking again. We have seen quite a number of water bombers go down to this, PBJs when they were used and C130s (including one that was filmed in 2002 when it crashed, the video is easy to find on YouTube if you so wish) have been affected badly in the past by this in the role. With such a flight profile, flying low with a huge weight and releasing that suddenly, fairly sharp turns sometimes and in turbulent air over fires, flying rather a lot when they're needed and I imagine on a budget that is stretched quite fin far too often.... Well, we saw the consequences 26-18 years ago (a series of four similar crashes, two in consecutive days in fact)... Pure speculation here, so take this with a pinch of salt. RIP to the crew members and condolences to their families. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Not good to speculate until the investigation is complete. The 2002 accident as an older C-130A airframe. The C-130As suffered from wingspar fatigue issues when they were retired from military service. This recent one was an EC-130Q (C-130H based aircraft) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Not good, and as @Romeo Alpha Yankee says, lets not be armchair investigators and leave it to the experts. RIP Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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