Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Tanker 121
Originally delivered to the US Navy as BuNo 66302
Civil registration N2871G
Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
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Douglas A-26B Invader, s/n 44-34520
Civil registration N126HP
Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, USAF s/n 57-0459
Civil registration N135HP
Engines and outer wings were removed for installation on other H&P C-130A air tankers.
Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, Tanker 130
Originally delivered as US Air Force s/n 56-0538
Civil registration N130HP
This aircraft crashed due to structural failure on June 17, 2002, while fighting a fire near Walker, California. All three crew members aboard were killed. The NTSB report, LAX02GA201, including a statement of probable cause, was published on April 23, 2004.
In the aftermath of that accident, the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management stopped contracting for C-130A air tankers.
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Aviation Safety Network (ASN) accident summary:
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020617-0
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US NTSB Safety Recommendation A-04-29 through -33:
www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/RecLetters/A04_29_33.pdf
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Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, Tanker 131
Originally delivered as US Air Force s/n 56-0534
Civil registration N131HP
Hawkins & Powers Aviation
South Big Horn County Airport (KGEY)
Greybull, Wyoming
April 1998
(Scanned color film negative)
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