NLG Strut fracture
From the operating Flight Engineer. The C130H suffered a complete fracture near the bottom of the NLG strut which resulted in the axle and wheels being attached only by the scissor link, as I explained had happened to a C130A on an earlier occasion in 1972. The outcome was almost identical to the earlier incident and little secondary damage occured. The RAAF still have not lost a C130 aircraft in fifty years of operating the type. Not bad by any measure.