ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330783
| Date: | Monday 28 June 1971 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Lake Riverside Estates |
| Registration: | N90627 |
| MSN: | 4642 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shelter Cove, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Shelter Cove Airport, CA |
| San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 wasn't able to gain height on takeoff from the 3000 feet Shelter Cove runway. The wheels left the ground twice, but the aircraft touched down again 150 feet past the runway end. The undercarriage struck a transformer and the no. 1 engine struck the roof of a sewage disposal building. The DC-3 became airborne again and arched downward over the cliffs, into the ocean and crashed 150 yds offshore. The pilot had failed to remove the rudder and elevator gust locks.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Sources:
NTSB
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