Date:	Tuesday 20 April 1993
Time:	16:24
Type:	Douglas C-47B-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Phoenix Air
Registration:	N8056
MSN:	25735/14290
Year of manufacture:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	16891 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-75
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH) -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Parachuting
Departure airport:	Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH)
Destination airport:	Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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. "

Air Safety Week 24 May 1993 (p.10)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
NTSB
Scramble

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