Narrative:
The DC-3 was on a training flight when, at initial climb the co-pilot called for METO (maximum except takeoff) power. After the pilot-in-command set METO power, the left engine lost power. and the PIC took over control and called for the co-pilot to feather the no. 1 propeller, but the co-pilot didn't hear this call
At 90 knots airspeed and wings level, the airplane struck the top of a 55 foot tall hickory tree approximately 3,960 feet from the departure end of runway 14 and struck a trailer roof, trees, a small pickup truck, and power lines before coming to rest upright in a residential front yard 337 feet from the initial impact point.
The cockpit area and main fuselage burnt out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight instructors failure to use the single engine best angle of climb airspeed resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft. Factors were the loss of power to the left engine for undetermined reasons, the flight instructor not being qualified to be pilot in-command in the DC-3, his lack of recent experience in the DC-3, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing."
» Scramble 210
accident date: 20-06-1996
type: Douglas DC-3-AS1C3G
registration: N23WT
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 20 June 1996 |
| Time: | 14:08 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G |
| Operator: | Loren Davis Ministries International |
| Registration: | N23WT |
| MSN: | 11650 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 51307 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cut and Shoot, TX ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Conroe-Montgomery County Airport, TX (CXO/KCXO), United States of America |
| Conroe-Montgomery County Airport, TX (CXO/KCXO), United States of America |
The DC-3 was on a training flight when, at initial climb the co-pilot called for METO (maximum except takeoff) power. After the pilot-in-command set METO power, the left engine lost power. and the PIC took over control and called for the co-pilot to feather the no. 1 propeller, but the co-pilot didn't hear this call
At 90 knots airspeed and wings level, the airplane struck the top of a 55 foot tall hickory tree approximately 3,960 feet from the departure end of runway 14 and struck a trailer roof, trees, a small pickup truck, and power lines before coming to rest upright in a residential front yard 337 feet from the initial impact point.
The cockpit area and main fuselage burnt out.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight instructors failure to use the single engine best angle of climb airspeed resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft. Factors were the loss of power to the left engine for undetermined reasons, the flight instructor not being qualified to be pilot in-command in the DC-3, his lack of recent experience in the DC-3, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 2/97 (#76)» Scramble 210
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accident date: 20-06-1996
type: Douglas DC-3-AS1C3G
registration: N23WT
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