| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1993 |
| Time: | 16:24 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Phoenix Air |
| Registration: | N8056 |
| MSN: | 25735/14290 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 16891 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-75 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH), United States of America |
| Zephyrhills Airport, FL (ZPH/KZPH), United States of America |
The no. 1 engine was shut down at 400 feet following an engine fire warning and smoke in the cabin. A forced belly landing was made. The aircraft collided with trees and a fence.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain best single-engine rate-of-climb speed which resulted in a forced landing. A factor which contributed to the accident was a possible exhaust system clamp failure. "
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Air Safety Week 24 May 1993 (p.10)» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
» NTSB
» Scramble
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