Status:	Schlussbericht
Datum:	28 JUN 1971
Zeit:	18:00
Flugzeugtyp:	Douglas C-47-DL
Fluggesellschaft:	Lake Riverside Estates
Kennzeichen:	N90627
Werknummer:	4642
Baujahr:	1942
Triebwerk:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Besatzung:	Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:	Todesopfer: 15 / Insassen: 21
Gesamt:	Todesopfer: 17 / Insassen: 24
Sachschaden:	Zerstört
Konsequenzen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:	Shelter Cove, CA (USA)
Flugphase:	Start (TOF)
Betriebsart:	Inländischer außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:	Shelter Cove Airport, CA, USA
Flug nach:	San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC), USA

Unfallbericht:
The DC-3 wasn't able to gain height on take-off from the 3000 feet Shelter Cove runway. The wheels left the ground twice, but the aircraft touched down again 150 feet past the runway end. The undercarriage struck a transformer and the no. 1 engine struck the roof of a sewage disposal building. The DC-3 became airborne again and arched downward over the cliffs, into the ocean and crashed 150yds offshore. The pilot had failed to remove the rudder and elevator gust locks.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water

Informationsquelle:
» NTSB
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