Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 9, 1996 (2 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 9, 1996 near Boise, Idaho, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: A fire in the right engine...
- Date: December 9, 1996
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Boise, Idaho, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: A fire in the right engine compartment of undetermined cause, and the pilot in command's failure to keep airspeed above minimum control speed during the return to the airport. Dark night conditions were a contributing factor.
A Desert Air Transport DC-3 cargo flight took off from Boise at night and immediately reported a fire in the right engine. It turned back toward the airport and the first officer warned of an impending stall. The aircraft stalled in a left turn, its right wing struck the ground and it cartwheeled, and a post-crash fire destroyed the cockpit and right wing. Both pilots died.