C-130J ZH873

[IanM]

All,

The UK Serials website (Losses section) has this Herc as having been written off in August 2017. Does anyone know why?

Ian

[rh226]

There is nothing in the ASN database for ZH873 that I can see.

It would have been on deployment/detachment to Akrotiri (or beyond) at the time. ADS-B shows what appears to be a last flight on 07/08/2017 as RRR9906 and nothing since.

[IanM]

Thanks Bob.

Any idea where its last flight was from / to?

Ian

[rh226]

Ian,

ADS-B doesn't show it, unfortunately. It just gives the date. https://database.adsbexchange.com/Virtu ... tOnline=0#.

The only other bit of information is that "demobbed"/"eurodemobbed" just show it as "damaged".

[IanM]

Thanks Bob.

[XA310]

If I remember correctly it struck an IED whilst landing at an airfield in Afghanistan and was deemed to be damaged beyond repair due to the location and blow up in situ.

[MRTT]

Believe that was ZH876, incident occurred in February 2007.

[XA310]

MRTT - I stand corrected I miss read the original post. However having asked an individual who works at Brize 873 was suffered a landing accident whilst deployed on operations east of the mediteranean. Due to the extent of the damage, accident location and the fact that the RAF is to reduce its C-130 fleet to 15 aircraft after the last defence review the decision was taken to write it off.

[paulk]

Hi
873 was one of the aircraft that was to be retained. It is the C5s that are being retired.

Paul

[T_J]

Defence Safety Authority Service Inquiry - ZH873 Heavy Landing Incident.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... inal-O.pdf

[StreetF117]

Hi all,

An article from FlightGlobal summarising the incident.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... 0j-458399/

Regards

Ben