Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Apr 20, 1993, Zephyrh...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on April 20, 1993 near Zephyrhills, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot failure to maintain...
- Date: April 20, 1993
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Zephyrhills, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot failure to maintain best single-engine climb speed leading to the forced landing; a possible broken exhaust clamp that started the fire was a contributing factor.
Shortly after takeoff from Zephyrhills the DC-3 smelled burning and developed smoke, and the left engine fire warning came on. The crew shut down the left engine but could not climb or hold airspeed on one engine, so they made a gear-up forced landing in a field. The aircraft was damaged but the 40 people aboard survived.