Douglas DC3A N139PB

Summary

On 28 December 1984 at about 02:15 local time, a Douglas DC3A registered N139PB, operated by Provincetown-Boston Airlines, was involved in an incident near Naples, Florida, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 December 1984 at 02:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Naples, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Ft Meyers

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC3A

Registration

N139PB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Provincetown-Boston Airlines

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Naples → Tampa

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA85IA076

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCREW NOTED THAT THE ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS LOCKED. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. AFTER LANDING, THE ELEVATOR EXTERNAL GUST LOCK WAS FOUND STILL INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.