DC-3 Down in Oklahoma

[fholbert]

Date:	28-NOV-2021
Time:	23:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Desert Air Transport Inc
Registration:	N272R
MSN:	13678
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Category:	Incident
Location:	Haskell Airport (2K9), Haskell, OK - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Haskell Airport (2K9), OK
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft experienced engine issues on takeoff and rolled into trees and a fence at the end of the runway at Haskell Airport (2K9), Haskell, Oklahoma.
The sole pilot onboard was not injured.

 

[fholbert]

 

[ASpilot2be]

Damn. They were a long ways from home. Sad to see Pinocchio hurt.

 

[DropTank]

the DC-3 isn't a single pilot airplane is it?

 

[fholbert]

Same SN was living on borrowed time anyways.

Status:	Final
Date:	Friday 10 September 1965
Time:	12:08
Type:	Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:	Central American Airways
Registration:	N272R
MSN:	13678
First flight:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	12401
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Collision casualties:	Fatalities: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Aircraft fate:	Repaired
Location:	5 km (3.1 mls) E of Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU) ( United States of America)
Phase:	Unknown (UNK)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU/KLOU), United States of America
Destination airport:	?

Narrative:
After climbing out of Louisville, the DC-3 collided with Cessna 150 N4564U at 1800 feet. The Cessna crashed; the DC-3 returned with a shut down no. 1 engine.

 

[Minuteman]

the DC-3 isn't a single pilot airplane is it?

I wondered about that, but apparently the lower-powered piston version are. More power apparently means including a geared rudder servo tab and introduced a requirement for two pilats.

 

[L-16B]

I wondered about that, but apparently the lower-powered piston version are. More power apparently means including a geared rudder servo tab and introduced a requirement for two pilats.

What’s the more lower powered piston version? I don’t recall anything less than an 1820 or 1830 on them.

 

[CFI A&P]

I was also unaware of the single pilot capability of the DC-3, but there is a little discussion about it on the EAA forums. The TCDS for the DC-3 doesn't specify crew requirements, yet the Super DC-3 TCDS does specify two crew members.

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[Jimmy_Norton]

Anyone know where Dan Gryder is? He may have needed some youtube hits and staged another crash.

 

[fholbert]

Anyone know where Dan Gryder is? He may have needed some youtube hits and staged another crash.

When I saw this report the first thing I checked was who owned it.

 

[ahw01]

When I saw this report the first thing I checked was who owned it.

It's a cargo flight but DG does carry a fair amount of baggage in his head to be fair...

 

[ppragman]

It's a cargo flight but DG does carry a fair amount of baggage in his head to be fair...

ive spent almost my whole life up here, and only met Denny once - he’s still somehow legendary

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I was also unaware of the single pilot capability of the DC-3, but there is a little discussion about it on the EAA forums. The TCDS for the DC-3 doesn't specify crew requirements, yet the Super DC-3 TCDS does specify two crew members.

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"Let us re-define progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean that we must do that thing."

 

[ShortField]

Damn. They were a long ways from home. Sad to see Pinocchio hurt.

They fly so rarely, I always just assumed it was a money laundering operation.

 

[CFI A&P]

"Let us re-define progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean that we must do that thing."

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” - Ian Malcom.

 

[ppragman]

They fly so rarely, I always just assumed it was a money laundering operation.

so theygot bought by an employee a few years ago?

regardless I think it’s kind of always been a pirate ship so that would not surprise me

 

[ahw01]

 

[Richman]

"Let us re-define progress to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily mean that we must do that thing."

Pretty awesome a guy can go from 1970s Wisconsin to President of the United Federation of Planets, and rockin a cool ‘stache to boot.