Turkish C-130 Inflight Breakup! WTF!

I’m wondering about the wingtip smoke trails…
 
Built in 1968. Probably had years of hard landings and stress cracks not documented (and lack on maintenance and inspections)

The front fell off, then the tail is my guess.
 
FlightmechH3 said:
That one used to be a former Air America 130 used in VN. Had tons of hard landings undocumented for reasons
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And at 57 yrs old, there’s no telling what this old E model went thru. They just signed a contract last month to start getting refurbed J models to replace their aging fleet of Bs and Es.

www.aerotime.aero

Turkey confirms deal for UK surplus RAF C-130J airlifters

Turkey will acquire 12 ex-RAF C-130J Hercules from the UK, with Marshall Group preparing the aircraft for service to boost Ankara’s medium-lift fleet.
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Velocity173 said:
And at 57 yrs old, there’s no telling what this old E model went thru. They just signed a contract last month to start getting refurbed J models to replace their aging fleet of Bs and Es.

www.aerotime.aero

Turkey confirms deal for UK surplus RAF C-130J airlifters

Turkey will acquire 12 ex-RAF C-130J Hercules from the UK, with Marshall Group preparing the aircraft for service to boost Ankara’s medium-lift fleet.
www.aerotime.aero www.aerotime.aero
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Weren’t the E-models the ones that needed the spar mod because of the air tanker wing fold?

I wonder if this particular plane had that done.
 
Looks like the fuselage was severed at the wing box production breaks...doubt that this was "just" an inflight breakup....more like it was assisted.
 
TCABM said:
Weren’t the E-models the ones that needed the spar mod because of the air tanker wing fold?

I wonder if this particular plane had that done.
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Highly doubt. Extremely expensive. Fat Albert is having it done but it will take 2 years.
 
TCABM said:
Weren’t the E-models the ones that needed the spar mod because of the air tanker wing fold?

I wonder if this particular plane had that done.
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Looks like the wing was more or less intact and the fuse failed both fore and aft of the wing, which is odd.
 
TCABM said:
Weren’t the E-models the ones that needed the spar mod because of the air tanker wing fold?

I wonder if this particular plane had that done.
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Possibly. I read their Bs and Es went through the ERCIYES modernizing in 2006 but that’s just avionics / comms upgrades.
 
Fearless Tower said:
Wasn't the Marine KC-130 accident near Memphis several years ago an inflight breakup that started with a prop coming off and slicing through the fuselage?
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#2 prop came apart and sliced the front of the fuselage off, the rear stayed attached.

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Poor maintenance contributed to a devastating C-130 crash. Here’s how the Air Force will make sure it doesn’t happen again.

How did a corroded KC-130T blade escape the Air Force's quality control apparatus?
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Feds Say Air Force Employee Skipped Key Maintenance Ahead of 2017 Plane Crash that Killed 16 Troops

James Michael Fisher, the former lead engineer responsible for C-130 propeller maintenance at Robins Air Force base, was arrested July 2 by federal authorities as part of the investigation into the crash in Mississippi.
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Edit to add: The majority of the legacy C-130s still flying in the US military inventory have been modded swapping the 8-bladed NP2000 prop in for the older 4-bladed props.
 
Velocity173 said:
And at 57 yrs old, there’s no telling what this old E model went thru. They just signed a contract last month to start getting refurbed J models to replace their aging fleet of Bs and Es.

www.aerotime.aero

Turkey confirms deal for UK surplus RAF C-130J airlifters

Turkey will acquire 12 ex-RAF C-130J Hercules from the UK, with Marshall Group preparing the aircraft for service to boost Ankara’s medium-lift fleet.
www.aerotime.aero www.aerotime.aero
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Better make it 13
 
Arm3 said:
Individual tank vents (there are 3 tanks in each wing, 1 main tank per engine and an aux tank at the wing root) are more inboard. The fuel is coming out of the dump masts on the wingtips.
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Allow myself to correct …. myself. Talking with older heads at work, it sounds like the E models did vent out the dump mast. I don’t have access to E pubs but the H has a pressure relief valve on the outboard tanks that also vent into the dump mast.
 
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