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dfwjim1 wrote:Slightly off course but I am curious as to why there were 9 people on the plane since it was going to Arizona to be retired. I was under the impression that the standard number of crew on a C-130 was 5.
dfwjim1 wrote:Slightly off course but I am curious as to why there were 9 people on the plane since it was going to Arizona to be retired. I was under the impression that the standard number of crew on a C-130 was 5.
Andre3K wrote:dfwjim1 wrote:Slightly off course but I am curious as to why there were 9 people on the plane since it was going to Arizona to be retired. I was under the impression that the standard number of crew on a C-130 was 5.
5 seem's high even for a legacy C-130 (but I have no idea). On a J model it's obviously less than 5.
Maybe pilots needed hours so they were going to switch midflight? SPACE A maybe? No idea.
zanl188 wrote:Andre3K wrote:dfwjim1 wrote:Slightly off course but I am curious as to why there were 9 people on the plane since it was going to Arizona to be retired. I was under the impression that the standard number of crew on a C-130 was 5.
5 seem's high even for a legacy C-130 (but I have no idea). On a J model it's obviously less than 5.
Maybe pilots needed hours so they were going to switch midflight? SPACE A maybe? No idea.
Not unusual for a C-130, even a J model, to take extra crew and some maintenance guys along on a long trip. Especially an old Herk like this one.
Andre3K wrote:
That much is obvious but he was referring to the amount of STANDARD crew, not deadheading or any other random reason for them being there.
GalaxyFlyer wrote:Standard C-130 crew, all models prior to the J, was: aircraft commander, co-pilot, nav, engineer, loadmaster. Makes five by my count.
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The Air Force WC-130H aircraft veered to the left on the runway, almost rolling into the grass before the crew was able to get it airborne. The pilot quickly made the decision to return to the Georgia airfield they had just departed. The pilot directed the shutdown of engine one, operating on the remaining three. "Coming back," the pilot repeated five times over the next 30 seconds.
Investigators said that within those few seconds the pilot improperly applied nine more degrees with the left rudder, "which resulted in a subsequent skid below three-engine minimum controllable airspeed, a left-wing stall, and the [mishap aircraft's] departure from controlled flight." No other "meaningful direction" was given to the crew other than an order to "brace" just before impact. The plane was airborne for two minutes overall before it crashed down into Georgia State Highway 21 roughly 1.5 miles northeast of the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, killing all aboard.
