Narrative:
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.
Ditching
» Laredo Morning Times
| Status: | 5 |
| Date: | Tuesday 21 May 2002 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-197D |
| Operator: | Aero JBR |
| Registration: | XB-JBR |
| 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 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Lake Casa Blanca, TX ( United States of America)
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| 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.
Classification:
All engine powerloss Ditching
Sources:
» FAA» Laredo Morning Times
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