Date: | Monday 22 May 1989 |
Time: | 10:45 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Condor Enterprises Inc. |
Registration: | N47CE |
MSN: | 13456 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 17177 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2-D5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km from De Kalb Airport, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Aurora/Sugar Grove Airport, IL (AUZ/KARR) |
Destination airport: | Rockford (unknown airport), IL |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 entered a spin after completing a turn at 2200 feet agl, recovered, entered a second spin and crashed. The wreckage was found with the gear and flaps fully extended and the elevator trim set in a full nose up position.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command (pic) failed to provide adequate supervision while training the co-pilot and allowed the aircraft to enter a stall/spin, then did not provide adequate remedial action to properly recover from the spin. Factors related to the accident were: use of excessive elevator trim, the pic's lack of training (in approaches to stalls) and lack of experience in the make/model of aircraft, and the co-pilot's lack of recent experience in the make/model of aircraft."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI89MA095 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/91 (#15)
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ); July 1975
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