Crash of a Lockheed LC-130R Hercules at D-59 Ice Station: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1987
Operator:
Registration:
159131
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4522
YOM:
1974
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Upon landing, the aircraft lost a wing and crashed upside down. Two occupants were killed while 11 others were rescued. The aircraft was completing a supply mission on behalf of the American National Scientific Foundation, carrying repair kit for another LC-130 registered 148321 that crashed in 1971.
