Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jul 9, 1978, Richmond...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on July 9, 1978 near Richmond Indiana, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Stall during the initial climb,...
- Date: July 9, 1978
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Richmond Indiana, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Stall during the initial climb, attributed to failure of the elevator tab control system (elevator swage fitting binding at bulkhead raceway station 63)
A Douglas C-47 (DC-3) operated privately as a skydiving aircraft crashed into a cornfield shortly after takeoff from runway 23 at Richmond Municipal Airport, Indiana. All 42 occupants survived, three of them with injuries, and the aircraft was written off.