19930420009749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Doug DC3C · Zephyrhills, FL · April 20, 1993

Date
April 20, 1993 · 16:24 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8056
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA93LA106
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183043A
People aboard
42
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total4,150 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left engine fire on climbout. Shut down. Settled into a field. 40 skydivers onboard exhaust clamp broken.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FIRE ON CLIMBOUT. SHUT DOWN. SETTLED INTO A FIELD. 40 SKYDIVERS ONBOARD EXHAUST CLAMP BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.