- Date
- May 22, 1989, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waterman, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N47CEDouglas DC3C-S13CG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890522012059A
- Case key
- 14430
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command (PIC) failed to provide adequate supervision while training the copilot and allowed the aircraft to enter a stall/spin, then did not provide adequate remedial action to properly recover from the spin. Factors related to the accident were: use of excessive elevator trim, the pic's lack of training (in approaches to stalls) and lack of experience in the make/model of aircraft, and the copilot's lack of recent experience in the make/model of aircraft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47CE
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3C-S13CG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13456
- Airframe hours
- 17,177
- Engine
- P&W R-2000-7M2-D5, 1,500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Condor Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 20, 1988 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- ARR · Sugar Grove, IL
- Destination
- ARR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 2,531 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.