Estado:	Final
Fecha:	28 JUN 1971
Hora:	18:00
Tipo:	Douglas C-47-DL
Operador:	Lake Riverside Estates
Registración:	N90627
Numéro de série:	4642
Año de Construcción:	1942
Motores:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 15 / Ocupantes: 21
Total:	Fatalidades: 17 / Ocupantes: 24
Daños en la Aeronave:	Anulado
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	Shelter Cove, CA (Estados Unidos de América)
Fase:	Despegue (TOF)
Naturaleza:	Vuelo Doméstico No Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Shelter Cove Airport, CA, Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC), Estados Unidos de América

Descripción:
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

Fuentes:
» NTSB
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