Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jun 26, 1989, Petersb...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on June 26, 1989 near Petersburg-James A. Johnson, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: June 26, 1989
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Petersburg-James A. Johnson, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot ditched instead of flying back to the airport, and the aileron control chain was overstressed by excessive force on the control wheel after the aileron fabric failed.
A California Air Tours Douglas DC-3 (N8042X) on a ferry flight from Petersburg to Ketchikan, Alaska, lost control of its right aileron shortly after takeoff on 26 June 1989 when fabric separated from it. The pilot ditched the aircraft in the water, and both crew members survived.