Accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) N95C,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327852

Date:	Sunday 6 June 1982
Time:	16:54
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Fromhagen Aviation
Registration:	N95C
MSN:	20139
Year of manufacture:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	15033 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE) - United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE)
Destination airport:	St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
After a local maintenance flight the crew returned to St. Petersburg to practice full stop landings. Shortly after becoming airborne during the second takeoff, the right engine suffered a power loss. The DC-3 climbed to about 50 feet agl, veered right and crashed east of runway 35. The captain had 5 hours as pilot in command of DC-3 airplanes during the last 5 months with 1 hour and 2 takeoff & landings over the last 90 days. This was the first flight in a DC-3 for the co-pilot with no record of any training in the DC-3.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
reason for occurrence undetermined
procedures/directives .. not followed .. pilot in command
emergency procedure .. improper .. pilot in command
inadequate recurrent training .. pilot in command
lack of recent experience in type of aircraft .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
maintenance .. inadequate .. other maintenance personnel
fuel system,selector/valve .. Inadequate

Accident investigation: