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Forum: Military Aviation

6th Dec 2018, 16:29

Replies: 76

USMC KC-130 down in Mississippi

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Posted By pattern_is_full

Hmmm - our speculations seem to have been close...

Hmmm - our speculations seem to have been close to target in this case - took more than one prop blade to fatally injure the airframe.

- Primary cause - faulty prop maintenance
- #2 prop blade 4...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Jul 2017, 17:15

Replies: 76

USMC KC-130 down in Mississippi

Views: 56,972

Posted By pattern_is_full

I wouldn't think a Herc fuselage could be fatally...

I wouldn't think a Herc fuselage could be fatally damaged by a thrown prop blade. The fuselage is pretty tough (as evidenced by the fact this one is still recognizably an airframe, and not aluminum...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jul 2017, 16:53

Replies: 76

USMC KC-130 down in Mississippi

Views: 56,972

Posted By pattern_is_full

A couple of stories (Marine Times, CBS) mention...

A couple of stories (Marine Times, CBS) mention an empty parachute (or something similar - life raft as per FOG's post?) floating down.

Several reports mention a series of rolling low-intensity...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jul 2017, 02:12

Replies: 76

USMC KC-130 down in Mississippi

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Posted By pattern_is_full

USMC KC-130 down in Mississippi

Conflicting info so far. Reports of in-flight breakup and debris field of "five miles" - yet one picture at least shows what seems to be a fairly complete (if now flat) airframe. Too much smoke from...

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