Posted on 07/21/2018 1:31:09 PM PDT by DFG
A historic C-47 twin-engine prop plane crashed at the Burnet Municipal Airport in Texas on Saturday; all 13 passengers onboard survived, officials said.
The Burnet County Sheriff's Office said the C-47 "Bluebonnet Belle" was trying to takeoff when it crashed.
All 13 passengers onboard were able to exit the aircraft with one person suffering significant burn injuries and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Seven others had minor injuries.
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snoringbear, you might want to refrain from making assumptions. There could be several reasons why this occurred and it is best to wait for the FAA/NTSB investigation to be completed before making wild statements, especially about the capabilities of the pilots. Those flying are my friends and they are quality pilots. I have watched the videos over and over since this happened this morning and can see several indications of possible causes but I would never give into speculating publicly or post about it on a national forum.
Looked like a slow, short takeoff roll!
And, from the slo-mo video posted in this thread, it appeared that the port engine was not running.
Looks like the propellers aren’t turning on the left side engine.
Other videos clearly show that both engines were running...
As a dependent, I flew in a gooney bird from Tachikawa Airfield to Misawa AFB as we arrived in Japan. They strapped a leather sofa to the inside of the plane. No heat in winter. I was a memorable flight. My mom was glad to be off that plane! My dad, a crew chief, had connections,LOL!
Tail-dragger trouble.
Used to see a Chalk’s airline DC-3 fly over the neighborhood every afternoon around 4:15 on the Miami to Key West run back in the mid 70’s.
My first flight was on an Ozark DC3 from Peoria to St Louis. Since then several flights in Indonesia.
Set magnetos to “Both”. Happened to me once. I forgot to select both after engine run up. Damn sure reduces power on that engine.
Or who knows what else it could be.
Glad they all got out. Too bad about the bird.
Lost the left engine.
It looks like he might have over corrected the right bank.
From the video it appears that the left engine was stopped when he tried to rotate. You can clearly make out the motionless propeller blade. Plane also banked left which indicates no power or lift on the left side. They’ll figure this one out rather quickly as the pilot is alive to tell what he did or didn’t do.
Sure glad everyone’s going to be ok.
Ping
If your left engine is going to seize, better to have it happen when the worst result is this. A few seconds after lift off would have been much worse timing.
I give thanks that all survived.
My dad spent the years just before and throughout WWII building these planes at Douglas Aircraft near Long Beach California. Rosie the riveter worked on his crew.
At the onset of WWII he tried to enlist in the Army and was told “Shut up and go back to the line...you’re a defense worker!”
Although he had to follow the AF contracts with the various Aircraft Mfgrs in the late 40’s and the 1950’s - 60’s he always said that Douglas built the best planes.....for some reason he disliked Lockheed....
I think that was the shutter speed of the phone camera.
There was a DC-3 that crashed on take off in ST. Louis years ago because the ground crew filed it with jet fuel.
Around 1976 or so I flew in a Florida Air DC3 from Sarasota to Fort Myers to Miami. We flew over the everglades at a fairly low altitude. I still remember most of the flight. It was 94 on the ground and cold in the airplane , I think we were around 4000 ft or so for most of the flight. Too muck fun. When I worked in Savannah GA for LMI aerospace, we helped with the restoration of the B17 at the 8th AF museum. Our lead QA guy was putting in the plexiglass windows on the sides of the cockpit and radio room. I didn’t mind heights, so I was the guy on the ladder outside the plane pushing in the fasteners so he could tighten them. The skin is so thin, that if you dropped a wrench or screwdriver, it would ding the skin. Those crews had big brass ones to fly into germany or over the southwest pacific in them.
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