ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325285
Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1993 |
Time: | 16:24 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Phoenix Air |
Registration: | N8056 |
MSN: | 25735/14290 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 16891 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-75 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Parachuting |
Departure airport: | Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH) |
Destination airport: | Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The no. 1 engine was shut down at 400 feet following an engine fire warning and smoke in the cabin. A forced belly landing was made. The aircraft collided with trees and a fence.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain best single-engine rate-of-climb speed which resulted in a forced landing. A factor which contributed to the accident was a possible exhaust system clamp failure. "
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA93LA106 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Air Safety Week 24 May 1993 (p.10)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
NTSB
Scramble
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