We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
While completing a crop spraying flight, the pilot lost control of the airplane after the right wing detached in flight. The aircraft crashed in an open field and was destroyed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. Probable cause (official findings): The accident was caused by in-flight separation of the starboard wing due to a loss of structural strength brought about by extensive fatigue cracks in the lower centre wing wraparound and internal doublers inboard of Sta. 142, initiation and prop
Douglas DC-3 · 1 fatalities