Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 6 December 1972
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Superior Airways
Registration Number: CF-AUQ
Location: 19 km S of Lac Randall, QC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: WindscreenWindscreen
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft entered a spiral while the captain was removing ice from the windscreen with a scraper. The forceful correction caused a high-speed stall, resulting in a nose and wing down attitude crash.A DC-3 aircraft entered a spiral while the captain was removing ice from the windscreen with a scraper. The forceful correction caused a high-speed stall, resulting in a nose and wing down attitude crash.
Description
The aircraft entered a spiral, while the captain was removing ice from the windscreen with a scraper. The violent correction caused a high speed stall. The DC-3 crashed in a nose and wing down attitude.
Primary Cause
Excessive corrective action during a spiral maneuver caused a stall.Excessive corrective action during a spiral maneuver caused a stall.Share on:
