C-130 down near Savannah, GA.

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By: tankdriver67 - 2nd May 2018 at 18:06

http://abcnews.go.com/US/130-cargo-plane-people-board-crashes-georgia/story?id=54882292

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By: AlanR - 3rd May 2018 at 08:33 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Terrible !

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By: topspeed - 14th May 2018 at 19:12 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Has the cause been found yet ?

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By: Dragonflyer - 14th May 2018 at 20:47 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

No. There's strong suspicion and some visual indications that the aircraft experienced a loss of both engines on the left side, but that's not really the "cause", only the result. The cause will ultimately be whatever happened to cause the engines to lose thrust. Given the near vertical impact and massive damage to the engines and fuselage, I suspect it will take a while to uncover the root of the problem.

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By: topspeed - 15th May 2018 at 05:52 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I read the captain having said they are flying the oldest aircraft of the US AF. One implied it was 60 years old Hercules ?

Any pilot could glide a plane...so there has to be something wrong with the propellors ( or engines ). Feathering system kaputt ?

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By: djcross - 15th May 2018 at 13:09 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

The engines on older C-130s run at constant speed. They vary the amount of thrust produced by varying the pitch of the propeller and fuel flow. A prop with flat pitch creates lots of drag. A prop with negative pitch creates reverse thrust. I don't know if it was one of those systems which contributed to the accident.

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By: TomcatViP - 15th May 2018 at 13:21 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

A400m, no one? Looks very similar.

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By: EC 5/25 Corsair - 15th May 2018 at 13:30 - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

A400M crash was a FADEC software malfunction leading to near total loss of power. There's approximately 0% of software in T56s' engine control. All hydromechanical.