Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 19 MAY 1990 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | K&K Aircraft |
| Registration: | N1FN |
| C/n / msn: | 11685 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 34906 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1820 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Capon Bridge, WV (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV (MRB/KMRB), United States of America |
| Winchester Municipal Airport, VA (WGO), United States of America |
The DC-3 collided with power lines during a swath run, climbed gradually, entering a steep nose high attitude. The aircraft stalled and crashed from a height of 1200 feet agl.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of the DC-3, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid the power lines. Factors related to the accident were: the obstruction (transmission wires), and the lack of visual cues for the pilots." Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/94 (#86)
» NTSB
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.03
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV to Winchester Municipal Airport, VA as the crow flies is 32 km (20 miles).
Distance from Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV to Winchester Municipal Airport, VA as the crow flies is 32 km (20 miles).
