Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 19 MAY 1990 |
| Hora: | 11:30 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) |
| Operador: | K&K Aircraft |
| Registración: | N1FN |
| Numéro de série: | 11685 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 34906 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1820 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Capon Bridge, WV (Estados Unidos de América) |
| Fase: | Maniobras (MNV) |
| Naturaleza: | Agricultura |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Martinsburg-Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport/Shepherd Field, WV (MRB/KMRB), Estados Unidos de América |
| Winchester Municipal Airport, VA (WGO), Estados Unidos de América |
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." Fuentes:
» 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).
