Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Montag 28 Juni 1971 |
Zeit: | 18:00 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
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)
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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 takeoff 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 150 yds offshore. The pilot had failed to remove the rudder and elevator gust locks.
Probable Cause:
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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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.