Lockheed C-130 Breaks Up and Crashes in California (With Real Video)

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2 жыл бұрын

Find out why a Lockheed C-130 tanker aircraft experienced a structural failure and crashed near Walker, California while fighting against the Cannon Fire.
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@hunterkiller1984 2 жыл бұрын

The old bird flew till her wings gave out. Godspeed to the flight crew and condolences to their families. Another informative video from The flight Channel.

@davedave5787 2 жыл бұрын

Very well put!! that plane was totally shot and the kids inside were expendable.

@douglasw5371 2 жыл бұрын

@@davedave5787 what a piss poor response, did you not see the part where it was a hidden flaw and there were no procedures in writing to identify this type of flaw. No one wants an accident like this. Procedures were updated upon learning of the hidden defect.

@danielmusil8729 2 жыл бұрын

This aircraft was not a troop carrier, it was a highly modified spy plane during the cold war,I was a scanner in the7406,flew many missions including in 538, we lost the 1st mission bird in 1958 sn 528, due to mig 17`s,sn were 525 to 541,were the sn of our mission ac,, air crafft flew over grossed du a special waiver. I think 540 or 541 met the same fate as 538, she was a real warrior,servig here country!!

@itchyvet 2 жыл бұрын

@@douglasw5371 You ignore the FACT that this has happened to other Hercules aircraft. So clearly, there is a common denominator involved. Maybe using an aircraft beyond it's use by date ?

@Nancy_Couch 2 жыл бұрын

Very well and honorably stated Souvik Roy 👏🏻

@andrewilliamcesardossantos1555 2 жыл бұрын

N130HP crews First pilot-Steven Wass, 42, of Gardnerville, Nev secord pilot-Craig Labare, 36, of Loomis, Calif Thrid crew-Michael Davis, 59 of Bakersfield

@LoneTiger 2 жыл бұрын

Was looking for their names too, good work. 👍

@badmonkey2222 2 жыл бұрын

RIP

@spiritmatter1553 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.

@2201Duluth 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent re-creation. No narration, great graphics, and a written explanation of what happened. The music was very appropriate. I wish other sites like yours would stop trying to recreate accidents ( complete with screaming passengers and wide-eyed pilots) and just stick to the facts. You guys do it best.

@blest5132 2 жыл бұрын

this channel is amazing

@Alfred..E..Neuman 2 жыл бұрын

@@blest5132 As long as you know how to read and read quickly! 👌✈️

@aviation-zr2ln 2 жыл бұрын

The show called, "Mayday" is the worst. I really love the show itself but they pulled their actors out of a Crackerjack box.

@feiti5879 2 жыл бұрын

the thing is this channel tried once to narrate the videos, received bad feedback, and stopped

@macman975 2 жыл бұрын

What sites like this that use flight simulator have screaming passengers??.

@gregpiazza7150 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this particular video as it answered a number of questions I've had since this accident happened. Watching this was a bit of an emotional experience for me as the co pilot was my oldest friend and we'd know each other our entire lives. I've seen the footage many times and it's always painful to watch but this added some much needed perspective for me. RIP Craig, I miss you man!

@spiritmatter1553 2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your loss. 😞

@BytomGirl Жыл бұрын

My sincere sympathy, I am terribly sorry for your loss. I lost my best friend at the very young age and all these years later still can't forget her. RIP Craig and Halinka

@herbertcourtesie2459 2 жыл бұрын

Then and today, the clip is a of a terrible event to watch. A bit of us passed away with this crew. This event places into a real perspective the great risk all firefighting service real people face. Full gratitude to all of them!

@gs550t81 2 жыл бұрын

These guys deserve our respect. They do a tough and dangerous job. My thoughts will always be with them.

@righty-o3585 2 жыл бұрын

And anybody who has see those planes drop the fire retardents on the side of a hill, or mountain.... Those planes seriously dive bomb down following the contour of the land. It amazes me every time I see it.

@ynotnilknarf39 2 жыл бұрын

And that dive bombing is why the airframes are needing more maintenance checks because it's stressing it more than it would ordinarily, never mind on craft that have significant hours on them/age.

@righty-o3585 2 жыл бұрын

@@ynotnilknarf39 oh I know. I was just pointing out that these pilots go above and beyond, putting their lives on the line to save others. Becuase they know what could happen, pushing the aircraft like that.

@ynotnilknarf39 2 жыл бұрын

@@righty-o3585 yeah, just linking your comment re the 'dive-bombing' to why those stresses increase. All good.

@righty-o3585 2 жыл бұрын

@@ynotnilknarf39 😁👍

@jefftheriault5522 2 жыл бұрын

These birds are just too old for this, without a level of rebuild that would be uneconomical in the first place.

@GeorgiaNFA 2 жыл бұрын

God bless these men who lost their lives.

@minirock000 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you tell your god what to do! I hear it is a push over.

@sludge4125 2 жыл бұрын

@@minirock000 His god could have prevented this. But didn’t.

@Myce 2 жыл бұрын

Come on. I don't believe in his God either but at least appreciate the sentiment. Jackasses

@Dweller415 2 жыл бұрын

@@minirock000 well you will the ribbon for the most miserable SOB to comment on this video.

@Sarah.P. 2 жыл бұрын

@@minirock000 God is good. I pray He opens your heart to Him

@MrDumile 2 жыл бұрын

If something is made in 1957 and retired in 1978...and then resurrected and flown up to 2002...you don't need a maintenance program to tell you that there are cracks on the frame. RIP guys

@sharoncassell9358 2 жыл бұрын

The military has NDI, non destructive Inspection which entails x-rays of internal parts where you may not SEE a crack. Metal stress can be evasive to the naked eyes or hands. Thats how we knew a vertical stabilator had to be changed. Internal cracks. Remove 20000 screws with a speedhandle, then put the new one on.No ratchet on aircraft. We had to r&r a wing also. Alot of handwork with a crane for balance.

@ssnydess6787 2 жыл бұрын

It has been a sweet and sad journey with Flight Channel over the years. The improvements in video and scripting have been amazing. And as a former military and civilian pilot; they have been very emotional to think of the last moments that the pilots and passengers went through in these episodes. These episodes should be part of a safety course for pilots to learn from others experiences. RIP.

@karenstasik2979 2 жыл бұрын

I am not a pilot but I have learned quite a bit about the changes that have occurred on airplanes due to crash investigation period but I agree that I always think about the people on these flights and pray for the families

@ZsomborZsombibi 2 жыл бұрын

Not only for pilots but for maintenance crew, too.

@ssnydess6787 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZsomborZsombibi Roger that!!!!

@videodeposu8741 2 жыл бұрын

Rules written with blood in aviation, sadly.

@tonybates1537 2 жыл бұрын

As a former wildland firefighter, I have been aware of this incident for years. Interesting to see it at this level of detail.

@terryhughes7349 2 жыл бұрын

What an awful situation. The old lady's bones gave up. RIP to the team who flew her.

@sharoncassell9358 2 жыл бұрын

The c141 starlifter overlapped with hercules .It was 1961in 1981 when I worked on them. They had turbofan engines instead of 4 props. They had me change wingbolts after 6000 flying hours. Its dark inside the wing and hot, you must crawl on belly or hands and knees. A guy I trained was clostrophobic and almost lost it in there when the flashlight dimmed. You could suffocate in there. Some mechanics will not go in there. Very little space in the T tail also. A skinny ladder and skimpy light. Im sure things have improved by now somewhat.

@petzouqi76 Жыл бұрын

Her bones could have been replaced during the 80s when Lockheed recommended to replace the center wing box, exactly where the wings folded up. But because she was a C-130A, the USAF didn't do anything.

@williamengland6950 2 жыл бұрын

I think it’s important to point out this was NOT an Air National Guard C-130. This Herc had been retired before being acquired as surplus and converted to a tanker and operated by a private company.

@terraplane1116 2 жыл бұрын

And nor did it crash in South Dakota, but in California: I think the poster may be thinking of a firefighting C130-C3 which crashed in the Black Hills in July 2012 with the loss of four lives (two survivors).

@schoolssection 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, all through the video I was expecting to learn how the old and retired 'A' model had somehow been reacquired by the Air Guard from a private company.

@JAF30 2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a separate video for the Air Guard crash your thinking of... but it does look like there might be some mix ups in this video still. Not really sure as I am just looking at articles now.

@williamengland6950 2 жыл бұрын

@@JAF30 I believe TheFlightChannel changed the name of the video after several viewers pointed out the error. The original name included ANG C-130, which obviously this was not.

@JAF30 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamengland6950 Ah, this is why I love channels like this, not afraid to fix things if they make a mistake.

@leeadams5941 2 жыл бұрын

Spent most of my life on C130s, the older models were known for having weak wing boxes the later models the boxes were changed. this was an older 130 and the box failed..If I had to guess I would think it pulled too many Gs to often...it most likely had a crack that could have been seen if somebody had crawled down into the wing...

@badmonkey2222 2 жыл бұрын

Could not see the crack from where the skin was replaced on the fuselage and wing, the only way to detect it would have been through x-ray.

@bruno84 2 жыл бұрын

The answer is on the video.

@HandFromCoffin 2 жыл бұрын

I don't believe that's the entire answer. Can't you get inside the wing box on a C130? We did all the time on the C141 during ISO to look specifically for cracks in the wing box.

@F3502000 2 жыл бұрын

@@HandFromCoffin Herc's have a center dry bay, but don't believe this could have been found anywhere other than depot level. Which these planes did not have in their maintenance program.

@Nugget130H 2 жыл бұрын

We now have a zonal where we inspect wingbox screws for corrosion in iso at our hangar. (Should add on top of the ndi and sheet metal inspections) There are many that are incredibly corroded under the carc paint unfortunately.

@slyguyaction 2 жыл бұрын

RIP for the flight crew. I'm thrilled to see the cinematic scenes return to the beginning of these videos and this one in particular is a masterpiece. The angles and digital effects (directional red, green lines) are an improvement I didn't know I'd appreciate so much. Excellent work. Wow

@larryjeram-croft1692 2 жыл бұрын

I was on a UK Airworthiness committee some years ago and we were all concerned with the C130. Because of its age it never had a full scale airframe fatigue test as is required of more modern airframes. The airframes were then upgraded over time rather like grandfather's axe and so it was very hard to establish the airframe fatigue useage.

@drnogueiras8783 2 жыл бұрын

I love the c130, in fact I’m wearing Hercules earrings right now, but I worry about that more and more with each of these incidents

@barbaradyson6951 2 жыл бұрын

i always thought fat alberts were nearly indestructible

@krashd 2 жыл бұрын

Grandfather's Axe? Is that a similar analogy to "Trigger's Broom" (from the sitcom Only Fools and Horses)? "I've had the same broom for 20 years. It's only had 17 new heads and 14 new handles!"

@larryjeram-croft1692 2 жыл бұрын

@@krashd Yup but a saying long before Trigger thought of it.

@troyb.4101 2 жыл бұрын

I was a lead mechanic on a couple of C-130's I can tell you what inspection card they failed to do. The Center wing box bolts and holes required like every D check. You no load the wings on jacks and inspect every bolt hole and we simply replaced all the bolts and hardware. If that aircraft failed that inspection it was a one time trip to the bone yard in Arizona. DMAFB.

@thurin84 2 жыл бұрын

that must have been a terrifying, agonizing final few seconds knowing theres nothing to be done. RIP to the crew.

@spiritmatter1553 2 жыл бұрын

Losing both wings, imagine… 💭

@westerlywinds5684 2 жыл бұрын

Like flying a sewer pipe.

@opwave79 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching footage of this accident in the news right after it happened. Tanker pilots fly very dangerous missions just to keep us safe from annual wildfires. They often have to fly very close to the terrain, with smoky and wind-whipped conditions, to drop the retardant on hot spots. I can see this adding stress to the airframe as time progresses. I’m glad more diligent maintenance standards were put in place. Also, today more modern planes and helicopters are used for the drops. 747s were used to drop retardant on fires in Napa and Sonoma valleys in recent years.

@ynotnilknarf39 2 жыл бұрын

there weren't put in place until far too late, that was the problem, delays as usual to act by the authorities and people lost their lives as a consequence!

@spiritmatter1553 2 жыл бұрын

@@ynotnilknarf39 They’ve got to change the way they manage fires, imho.

@KONAMAN100 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh the wing fold video took my breath away... Damn.

@jduff59 2 жыл бұрын

These guys are heroes. I live in a very similar geographical area further south of the Mojave Desert, and when we see the tankers drop fire retardant - we're grateful. Living in these areas gives us beautiful views of nature, but we're getting so many fires lately. The pilots and crews have our eternal gratitude.

@lex1945 2 жыл бұрын

These uploads are getting better and better everytime. Such a high quality content! Thank you for that!

@ohwell2790 2 жыл бұрын

That airplane is not a Guard airplane that is a civilian plane. It is a A model that should have never been flying. They were taken out of service because of weak center section. So it was a ticking time bomb waiting to fail. These were taken out of service in the late 1950's when the B model came out to replace it. I was a mechanic at Edwards AFB CA in 1964 on a A model and it was flown to be scrap at Davis Monith in the desert. Last one in military service that I know of.

@pillettadoinswartsh4974 2 жыл бұрын

I think they meant "a C-130 owned and operated by the National Guard"

@sterlinghunter9651 2 жыл бұрын

@@pillettadoinswartsh4974 This had nothing to do with the Air Guard, there was a different crash of a North Carolina ANG C-130 fighting a wildfire in South Dakota in 2013. He posted or tagged it with the 2003 crash. Well done story just the same.

@miketype1each 2 жыл бұрын

Good info.

@billmorris2613 2 жыл бұрын

A model C-130s were still flying in Vietnam and I’m pretty sure in the US in the early 70s. There was a fix for the center wing problem on both the C-130s and the C 141s. I was in the regular Air Force from 9-68 to 9-72 on C-130s as a flying Crew Chief. I remember when the 141s had their max speed lowered until they had the new center wing.

@yigityoleri1904 2 жыл бұрын

@@sterlinghunter9651 In the video, it says a civilian contractor to US Forest Service owns it, the channel owner is not American so he may not know the differences well.

@steveashurst5576 2 жыл бұрын

Steven Ray Wass was the captain of N!30HP...I"d flown with him periodically for over 20 years...he was one of my closest friends...My ranch was 6 miles from the crash site, and I watched his last pass...being a fire-fighting pilot is a calculated risk that's a known factor for all of those pilots...as stated in the video; proper maintenance protocols were not implemented due to bureaucratic failures..this accident changed the industry maintenance protocols and retired some of the old x military aircraft used in fire-fighting....God speed Steven Ray Wass...you're missed

@rebeccawoolfolk5377 2 жыл бұрын

My condolences.

@benjaminnielsen4288 2 жыл бұрын

They started doing major wing box inspections on all 130's after this crash took place. And many of the older herks were found to have these cracks. I was in C-130 crew chief school when they showed our class this video. I still remember that. Still gives me chills.

@blancolirio 2 жыл бұрын

Not an ANG aircraft- Hawkins and Powers at the time of the crash.

@Stepclimb 2 жыл бұрын

The description and title of this video are off by a decade. They need to be edited. The C-130A operated by H&P that is subject of this video crashed following fatigue crack induced wing box failure on June 17, 2002 in California. A completely separate aerial firefighting C-130 mishap happened on 1 July 2012. This one involved a NC ANG MAFFS equipped C-130H3 (93-1458). This fatal mishap occurred in South Dakota while fighting the White Draw Fire. The investigation revealed that microburst conditions were present on the retardant drop run that overcame the performance of the aircraft to climb away from terrain. The MP, MC, MN and MFE were fatally injured. The two MLs were injured, but survived.

@Stepclimb 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, 30 days after this C-130A fatal mishap in 2002, another H&P aircraft suffered an inflight breakup while participating in aerial firefighting. On July 18, 2002, N7620C, a Consolidated PB4Y “Privateer”, callsign Tanker 123, suffered an overload failure of the left wing, just inboard of the #2 engine. The aircraft was dropping retardant on the Big Elk fire outside of Lyons, CO. This resulted in the deaths of the two pilots and led to the ultimate demise of Hawkins and Powers operations at GreyBull, WY. Following these two fatal mishaps, the USFS and BLM halted contract fixed wing firefighting aircraft while a BlueRibbon panel investigated the maintenance practices of H&P.

@ejacobs6919 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct. The C130 crash from the 145th crashed in 2012... I personally knew many on that flight but there were survivors. I hope this description is corrected.

@golds3882 2 жыл бұрын

If it was, then I'm willing to bet that the cracks would have been found during depot maintenance. You would think that you wouldn't want to cut corners with extremely high stress missions like firefighting, but hindsight is a bitch I suppose.

@Stepclimb 2 жыл бұрын

@@golds3882 The cracks in both cases would have been discovered with X-ray or eddy current NDT. It’s not so much that H&P were cutting corners, but more a lack of oversight on the part of FAA and USFS to ensure that H&P’s CAMP was robust enough to ensure wing box and spar NDT inspections occurred at appropriate times commiserate with their flight profiles. Both aircraft clearly needed a heavy check similar to a USAF depot level inspection at a shorter interval than what they were getting. Of course, everything is clearer with the benefit of hindsight.

@Adamdya 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the plane crash video as a kid, very sad rip everyone on board

@ZeroSpawn 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, i was getting ready to go to school and the news aired the plane just dropping out of the sky. Never could forget it.

@kerrykrishna 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this on the News the day after it happened. That footage was shown all over the planet in a single day.

@himneeshchowdhary820 2 жыл бұрын

this is the only cameraman on this planet who does not shake his camera on the most important part.

@slyguyaction 2 жыл бұрын

Or film in portrait mode

@danpatterson8009 2 жыл бұрын

At least it sounds like this wasn't a case of owners skimping on required inspections- the required inspections just weren't enough for that aircraft in that application.

@sparsons83 2 жыл бұрын

I'm also glad that the crash had nothing to do with the pilots. They went out to do a job but their plane came apart.

@flyprincess69 2 жыл бұрын

I had the honor of working with these guys in 1998. Truly saddens me every time I see this. Whats even sadder is they new at that time the wing spar was cracked. They said they couldn’t get parts for it.

@MojoFromMempho 2 жыл бұрын

What's up with the title? Not an Air National Guard C-130 nor did it crash in South Dakota in this video. That was a different incident in 2012.

@DosJof5118 2 жыл бұрын

@@walt Yes, true, but? The title is still misleading. TMC does such a great job of covering these crashes that the misleading information has no place in their presentations.

@cameron8679 2 жыл бұрын

@@walt He means that the other incident was from 2012, not this one.

@MojoFromMempho 2 жыл бұрын

@@walt no kidding.

@DrVink86 2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking just an honest mistake

@raywest3834 2 жыл бұрын

It's strange that there wasn't more concern in 2002 for wing integrity on an older C-130, as Alaska International Air had a wing fold up like this in 1974.

@jace15076 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever set that fire is guilty of 3 counts of manslaughter. It's disappointing they never made an arrest.

@nixblick1221 2 жыл бұрын

Then the plane would have fallen from the sky during another flight and additional people could have died on the ground. The Grim Reaper only had to wait, his prey was safe.

@vwaudiwelder 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the details of this fire but the video stated it was caused by man however didn't specify accidental or intentional.

@sludge4125 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, so the plane crashes on the next flight, instead. If the next fire is caused by lightning, would that mean god would be guilty of three counts of manslaughter?

@opwave79 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t recall the details either, but we do prosecute for setting wildfires that kill people, regardless of whether they were intentional arson or not. In fact, just one year after this fire there were three fires in San Diego County that burned several hundred homes and killed a couple people. They arrested the man who started it. He was a hiker who got lost and decided to start a signal fire to attract rescue helicopters. His fire got out of hand because of the dry and windy conditions. At the time there were no laws that said he could face manslaughter, but since then our laws have been updated to allow that charge.

@sludge4125 2 жыл бұрын

@@opwave79 The same man started all three fires?

@user-en5lx8lc2j 8 сағат бұрын

I was at my dads house and the news was on and cried “oh God no! Mike!”. Somehow my dad knew his friend was on that plane and the memory of that shakes me to this day over 20 years later. Mike Davis was also a journeyman pipe fitter that went through the apprenticeship with my dad and was the man responsible for leading my dad to the Lord. I’ve heard stories about Mike my whole life and still think of him to this day every fire season. Fly high Mike and know that you and your crew are remembered

@LOLmusics 2 жыл бұрын

I was in high school when this happened and when I saw it on the news I thought “how can a wing just fold up like that?” Now being 42 years old, I k is what happened. Ty for this in depth analysis of what happened. Always quality material here.

@LOLmusics 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry I was in college Lol whoops

@macattack14778 2 жыл бұрын

I was in diapers. Still Am.

@LOLmusics 2 жыл бұрын

@@macattack14778 😂

@Slinger43 2 жыл бұрын

Saw this on the evening News, when I saw it happen on my tv, I just sat down in my chair & wept. Rest well Brave Soul's, you are not forgotten, for you are LEGEND 🙏🙏🙏

@varnk 2 жыл бұрын

The graphics and simulation of this crash are incredible! One of the best ones so far. How unfortunate for the crew of that plane that they lost their lives because of a series of unfortunate events involving the undetected flaws of the aircraft that they depended on.

@ecclestonsangel 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely horrific. And these guys were firefighters, who chose to run toward, not away. They didn't deserve this. There is such a thing as a plane being TOO old!

@patriciamariemitchel 2 жыл бұрын

Any plane acting as a dive bomber would encounter additional stress on the airframe. It's sad that it didn't have proper maintenance and three well-qualified pilots, who went up to save lives, lost theirs. Jesus said, "The greatest love a man can show is to give his life for his fellow man." I pray they are in the arms of their Savior, where dreams are realized and crashes never happen. Another video well done with graphics and everything.👀👏

@bernardberben4852 2 жыл бұрын

If pilots don't do stuff like this. Then there would be no well qualified pilots. Not really the pilots fault

@patriciamariemitchel 2 жыл бұрын

@@bernardberben4852, true that.

@sludge4125 2 жыл бұрын

No, Patricia, this is the Cannon Fire.

@patriciamariemitchel 2 жыл бұрын

@@sludge4125, now I'm confused. I wasn't able to find that as googling it brings up the gun.

@patriciamariemitchel 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, it was a person! It started at the Cannon family house. Sorry, my bad.🙁

@MrCameronsterling 2 жыл бұрын

Gut wrenching watching the actual footage of the passerby as they filmed the wings just fold upwards like that and seeing that aircraft just plummet to the ground

@sterlinghunter9651 2 жыл бұрын

Good job on the story. This is the 2003 Walker California story. Probably just posted the wrong video, or mistitled it. Look forward to see what you did for the 2012 NC ANG incident. Keep up the great work!

@BillGreenAZ 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this comment. Perhaps the moderators of this channel will see it and post the incident you mention.

@aviation-zr2ln 2 жыл бұрын

I hate it whenever planes crash inverted. It seems even worse/scary to me. I want to go down Air France 447 style, right on the belly.

@NikhchansGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Don't!

@blazinthat7439 2 жыл бұрын

That must have been a terrifying last few seconds, stuck with nothing you can do but ride it out.

@badmonkey2222 2 жыл бұрын

It was all over in about three or four seconds.

@blazinthat7439 2 жыл бұрын

@@badmonkey2222 scary last three or four seconds.

@badmonkey2222 2 жыл бұрын

@@blazinthat7439 no doubt

@intermixturemusic Жыл бұрын

Do you think it was even enough time to register what exactly had happened? I mean they had to know the stabilizer failed or something but there's no way they were fully aware of the entirety of the wings detaching. I'd bet in this case those few seconds were furiously focused on the instrument panel trying to figure out what was happening

@matthewdinse 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being the person that caught that on vision 🎥

@tarasmith7859 2 жыл бұрын

OOh, this made me cry. The crew died as heroes trying to fight that fire. Love and prayers to all of their families!!

@critr41 2 жыл бұрын

Another quality video from The Flight Channel. Great analysis of the incident without narration. RIP to those 3 lost souls.

@FRODOGOOFBALL 2 жыл бұрын

At the time of the crash, I lived in the city of Minden, NV, and I knew people that knew the crew. It was such a shock to the whole community. Thank you for covering this tragedy.

@jdmaine51084 2 жыл бұрын

Title of the video says "...Crashed in South Dakota". The video itself says "Crash of Tanker 130 in California".

@muffs55mercury61 2 жыл бұрын

There was a South Dakota C-130 crash (in 2015 I think) and that's probably what they were thinking of when they mis-titled this.

@tomwilson2804 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was a little confused as well. Especially since the fire was in California and the plane took off from Nevada. Perhaps it crashed on the California / South Dakota border

@hellosweden8786 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot even begin to fathom the sheer terror these heroes endured. The way the airplane completely failed them. You videos, TFC, are getting so great, I'd rather watch these than anything else! You always insert those amazingly helpful things I did not know I needed! The way you described the flight path with the red ribbon was just stellar. You are so so good at this!!

@eezyclsmooth9035 2 жыл бұрын

This "Tragic and Sad" story very clearly illustrates why man-made machines all ways have have a"life span".

@BiggHogg870 2 жыл бұрын

And sadly it was very much past its life span. By decades if you ask me.

@DJSbros 2 жыл бұрын

All machines have a life span, regardless if it's designed by humans or not.

@gwag8410 2 жыл бұрын

@@DJSbros can you name one machine not designed by man?😂

@DJSbros 2 жыл бұрын

@@gwag8410 The human body is one. I feel your definition of machine might be a tad narrow.

@rodcoulter997 2 жыл бұрын

Just 3 pilots trying to make a living doing what we all love to do. “You can do everything right but still get it wrong” As most of us have lost friends or colleagues, it really makes you think back and say…”that could of been me.” These videos are just incredible…..that’s coming from somebody who flew 44 years mostly in 121.

@charlesharper7292 2 жыл бұрын

Tragedy. Three heroes, and a beautiful ship with a noble mission. GOD SPEED.

@badmonkey2222 2 жыл бұрын

The one thing is that it was over before they even realized what was happening two or three seconds of pure terror and it's over. RIP

@mileshigh1321 2 жыл бұрын

The failures and delays of both the NTSB and FAA need to be looked at and examined and then changed! RIP to all three crew members.

@ynotnilknarf39 2 жыл бұрын

needless deaths, the additional stresses from the role means far more checks needed than std and inaction was the reason this incident occured, Just terrible for the families that they were let down by the very people meant to be looking out for them!

@mindyschocolate 2 жыл бұрын

Those poor men. I know this sounds weird, but I’m glad they got video of them doing their job before they went out. I don’t know how to explain why, I just think seeing them make that last drop to help out the firefighters was inspiring. Even flying through blinding smoke can be scary.

@sharoncassell9358 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad was a firefighter in houses, buildings. That's scary and smoky, unpredictable enough. Imagine doing it plus flying the airplane too?

@treywest268 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video quality!!! People will never know the full tragedies that have happened to the Flyers that fight fires from the air. They are true Heroes!!!

@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088 2 жыл бұрын

Wow got here quite early.. keep up the nice work btw, been watching the channel for almost 4 years now

@chuckcawthon3370 2 жыл бұрын

Flight Channel’s thorough research and amazing video graphics are fantastic. Bless the memories of these honorable men.

@Nassault 2 жыл бұрын

@HORSE SIX ZERO Oof, yeah. Lots of digestible information out there on this incident already, both primary and secondary sources. This kind of just comes across as dirty laundry at this point, as it's a bit lazy and disingenuous to the real incident. Not sure why it came up for me on recommendations lol. Air crash accidents will always get clicks regardless of the research and quality. Usually when I read "wow these videos are getting better!" it's just due to a nice freeware or payware X-Plane airport or aircraft featured in the video, and has little to nothing to do with the production itself. IMO this content is kinda snuffy and lowbrow considering I'd think most people watching already have an idea of what happened, and these usually don't offer anything more than what's already available to read or watch.

@juhapehkonen7347 2 жыл бұрын

@HORSE SIX ZERO You can't plagiarize facts.

@CoastalAutoReactionCAR 2 жыл бұрын

That poor crew! Unsung heroes! Excellent job on the video man just such an amazing job you do! Thank you!

@Boatperson 2 жыл бұрын

Is that cannon fire or are they fighting a canyon fire. The crews last seconds would have been terrifying, they deserved much better than that for the brilliant job they do!

@mercator79 2 жыл бұрын

Cannon was the name of the fire

@jimmyhaley727 2 жыл бұрын

Never Ever fly obsolete aircraft of this size,, just another ticking bomb

@EncrypticMethods 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyhaley727 C-130s are still being made brand new, a proven aircraft, hardly obsolete. The only problem was with the maintenance procedures after being transferred to another agency. Even then, the agency that acquired this aircraft and transitioned it into a firefighting role used the Air Forces maintenance technical order only leaving out a depot level inspection, but they failed to predict the stresses of the new role they put this aircraft into. Any aircraft airframe with a lot of time

@annbell6453 2 жыл бұрын

Was just going to ask the same thing but glad I read down thru comments :) If it were cannon fire, I wouldn't expect the plane to just fly toward it!

@Maximus20778 Жыл бұрын

@@EncrypticMethods except the his wasn't new, this was 45 years old at the time.

@georgeaineahkinywa404 2 жыл бұрын

Flight Channel videos are top notch to the very last detail,the sun refection on the cockpit as the plane was going down has nailed it

@FloraJoannaK 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive work! Vids keep getting better and better...

@holdenafart5241 2 жыл бұрын

RIP those on board. These videos hit different. Title is off tho

@ffjsb 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just a nobody when it comes to aviation, but even to me it seems obvious that there should be extra structural checks on A. an aircraft that old, and B. an aircraft that does maneuvers that cause high stresses to the airframe.

@michaelmartinez1345 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame this happened... I remember a large group of C-130's were being NDT checked for fuselage to wing spar , torque box failures, about 19 years ago... This crash and the structural failure that caused it, is one of the main things that prompted those non-routine NDT inspections... The video is heartbreaking, as it becomes very apparent that there was NOTHING the crew could possibly do to prevent themselves from being killed... But all of these types of planes were immediately grounded after the reasons of what caused the crash was determined and the immediate inspections began.... God Bless the brave souls who were on this plane...

@ICE_CODM866 2 жыл бұрын

Salute to the 3 crew members who survive the crash and people died.

@sunflower30stm 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is just getting better and better…!! R.I.P. to the three men that lost their lives….🇺🇸

@rgarlinyc 2 жыл бұрын

Another sad story, and again, very well recounted, Thank you TFC. 👏🏻⭐️

@johnalexander7490 2 жыл бұрын

Those poor pilots. My heart goes out to them. NEVER saw wings just snap off a plane like that. :(

@FelipeLameiraFierceArtworks 2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to know what happened in that accident. Despite being pretty obvious from the images, I've never seen a report on the causes. Thanks for the great job.

@jdmaine51084 2 жыл бұрын

A nightmare scene... jesus.

@Mrjimmybuckets24 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this crash. I was firefighting for Alaska Fire Service that year. I want to say there was another 'air support' crash that same summer.

@GillianOsborne 2 жыл бұрын

I hope we are paying the aircraft maintenance crews as much as Doctors and Pilots. They are responsible for lives and deserve to be compensated for their immense accountability.

@loriematthews6418 2 жыл бұрын

High quality..have to say! Know that you put a lot of work in these videos. Thank you!❤

@davedave5787 2 жыл бұрын

awesome work TFC!!!

@paratus2050 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically, you’re using Santa Barbara, CA again for some of these scenes. I say ironic because a few weeks before the crash, this aircraft or its sister aircraft was parked on the ramp on the south side of the airport near Mercury Aviation at SBA. I got to take a look inside the plane while it was parked. Pretty rough looking and a lot of unsecured gear in the cargo compartment.

@AusNetFan13 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I noticed the tower from UCSB there. For a few decades there was an firefighting aircraft contingent based out of the SBA airport.

@paratus2050 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I grew up spending most of my summers and after school time working in a hanger on the south side. Used to watch the fire bombers fly out of the air tanker base on the north western ramp. This is back when they were still flying P-2s, P-3s, C-54s and even a PB4Y fighting fires. Pretty amazing how realistic the scenery is on these new flight sims. I can actually pick out buildings in this video that I’ve been in haha.

@adammathers6763 2 жыл бұрын

Very well put together video as always 👍🏻

@jimpern 2 жыл бұрын

It should be noted that the subsequent C-130B and later variants had a substantially beefed-up wing structure, which would have prevented this kind of failure. All C-130As were retired not long after this accident, but some C-130Bs are still in air force service worldwide.

@peterkoln2837 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video of TFC. Thanks for the upload and may the crew rest in peace.

@shelley6746 2 жыл бұрын

So a faulty damaged aircraft killed 3 men….So so sad…God Bless these 3 men & their families😢🙏🏻

@adrianorocha4264 2 жыл бұрын

Very sad to see the C130A run out of wings, the investigation honored the memory of these crew who were fighting the fire. deserve our respect.

@tfsvids4117 2 жыл бұрын

I was there at the time and when them crashed i feel so Respect to them, What a truly hero😣...

@grandymommy4531 2 жыл бұрын

This is a heartbreaking story. RIP you guys.

@johnmarshall4442 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, worked at Lockheed Martin in Greenville South Carolina on C130's in 2003 .

@rcdoodles6214 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are exquisitely done, factual and very respectful. Thank you!

@darrencourtney7510 2 жыл бұрын

The "Intended Run" graphic is awesome!

@muffs55mercury61 2 жыл бұрын

A 45 year old plane can have years of service still in it's future but being riddled with metal fatigue issues and cutting corners in maintenance should have grounded this bird. If I remember right, in 2004 the entire air tanker fleet was grounded after another crash.

@BiggHogg870 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this particular company lost two airtankers in 2002 which grounded the entire fleet of c130A and PB4Y-2 tankers and alot of other older model planes indefinitely, that were over the 6,000 hour airframe saftey limit put in place. Hawkins&power Aviation went out of business after that.

@muffs55mercury61 2 жыл бұрын

@@BiggHogg870 Some of the old DC-4. DC-6, DC-7 & KC-97s probably had in excess of 60,000 or more hours on them. A few of them flew back to Arizona and are scattered in storage there or in Greybull, WY.

@impervious99 2 жыл бұрын

Nah...once over 20-25 yrs...they need to be replaced.

@MovieMakingMan 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a couple of other accidents caused by doublers hiding stress fractures. As stated in this video those stress fractures could have been detected with imaging when they were as small as 1/2”. Sadly, the doublers prevented those inspections. In the other crash a doubler was improperly installed with only one set of rivets. That was ChinaAir flight 611. The worst part is the repair hid the area where the stress fracture began so it couldn’t be inspected. The plane flew for 22 years with the stress fracture getting longer and longer until the entire tail broke off at 35,000 ft killing 225 people.

@lukycharms9970 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I never knew about this. Another great video, thank you

@donutspace8558 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite channels. Keep it up

@larryd9068 2 жыл бұрын

The Flight Channel strikes again! Excellent video and so sad for the pilots who lost their lives and their families

@dhimanroy1671 2 жыл бұрын

The background music and real footage of crash.. what a painful moments. The heroes gave lives for welfare of local people. RIP

@rogerhuber3133 2 жыл бұрын

WHERE did this happen? It says South Dakota in the description then says the A/C departed Nevada and the crash was in California. No Herky can make it from SD to CA in that time frame.

@gwiyomikim5988 2 жыл бұрын

Was wondering the same because something didn’t add up. Maybe the Flight Channel can do a recreation of the events leading up to his video mislabeling error.🤔

@jameseroh6544 2 жыл бұрын

The town of Walker, CA is along US-395. In the Walker River Valley. Nice area, very Rocky, and good fishing. The terrain is very steep though. Ground level firefighting is difficult. Aircraft are a wonderful tool.