# NTSB WPR20WA076: Lockheed C130, N134CG, Cooma, Australia, January 23, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 23, 2020, 13:15 local (02:15 UTC)
- Place: Cooma, Australia
- Coordinates: -36.0002, 149.3843 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-36.0002&lon=149.3843&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA076

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [Lockheed EC130Q, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md?model=5262512), [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N134CG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134CG-2021-08-26), registration cancelled 2021-08-26, S/N 382-4904, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED C130
- Registry model: [Lockheed EC130Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-ec130q) (registry code 5262512) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Allison T56-A-16](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-t56-a-16) (registry code 03033, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 382-4904
- Year built: 1981
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Firefighting, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Coulson Aviation USA
- Registered owner: Delaware Trust Co. Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Flight plan: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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