Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | - (No safety board investigation) |
| Date: | 21 MAY 2002 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3A-197D |
| Operator: | Aero JBR |
| Registration: | XB-JBR |
| C/n / msn: | 3261 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lake Casa Blanca, TX (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD), United States of America |
| Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD), United States of America |
The DC-3 was performing touch and goes after some repair work. An overspin on one of the engines reportedly caused the crew to lose the first and than the second engine. The aircraft was ditched about 50 feet from the shoreline in about 6 feet of water.
Events:
Sources:
» FAA
» Laredo Morning Times
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Distance from Laredo International Airport, TX to Laredo International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Laredo International Airport, TX to Laredo International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
