Status:	Final
Date:	20 APR 1993
Time:	16:24
Type:	Douglas C-47B-DK
Operator:	Phoenix Air
Registration:	N8056
C/n / msn:	25735
First flight:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	16891
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-75
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Zephyrhills, FL (United States of America)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Parachuting
Departure airport:	Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH), United States of America
Destination airport:	Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH), United States of America

Narrative:
The no. 1 engine was shut down at 400 feet following an engine fire warning and smoke in the cabin. A forced belly landing was made. The aircraft collided with trees and a fence.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain best single-engine rate-of-climb speed which resulted in a forced landing. A factor which contributed to the accident was a possible exhaust system clamp failure. "

Sources:
» Air Safety Week 24.5.1993 (p.10)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
» NTSB
» Scramble