| Date: | Sunday 9 July 1978 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | N45873 |
| MSN: | 12458 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Richmond Municipal Airport, IN (RID) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Richmond Municipal Airport, IN (RID/KRID) |
| Richmond Municipal Airport, IN (RID/KRID) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 carrying 40 skydivers, was taking off from runway 23 when the pilot experienced problems with the forward movement of the control column. The aircraft left the runway in a nose high attitude, at about 55 mph, veered left and slid into a corn field in an upright position. The elevator swage fitting was binding on bulkhead raceway station 63.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
systems - flight control systems: elevator and elevator tab control system
miscellaneous acts,conditions - jammed
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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