ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328584
| Date: | Tuesday 12 June 1979 |
| Time: | 07:23 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3D |
| Owner/operator: | Bradley Aviation |
| Registration: | N427W |
| MSN: | 43073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 lifted off prematurely and climbed with the gear still extended. The plane eventually stalled and spun to the ground. The pilot didn't possess the required DC-3 type rating. The DC-3 had been imported from Panama but no certificate of airworthiness had been issued yet.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - premature lift-off
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
FACTOR:
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE); March 1979
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