Trenton - Trenton

On October 15, 1980 at 02:45 PM, Trenton - Trenton experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Chapais Quebec.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was dispatched out from Trenton on a SAR operation for a missing helicopter. While flying at low height, the four engine airplane crashed in a wooded area located about 13 km west of Chapais. Eight crew members were killed while two others were seriously injured. Crew: Cpt Dave Salmons, pilot, † Cpt Ron Kavanagh, † M/Cpl Allan Woodham, † Sgt J. R. O'Neill, † Cpl R. W. Fisher, † Cpl R. J. Cocks, † Cpl R. J. Taylor, † Pvt W. D. Minnis, † Cpt Dahl Manthorpe, Mst W/O Bing Crosby.

Aircraft reference details include registration 130312, MSN 4061, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.7774°, -74.8425°.