C 47 Crash, Texas
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Even if the elevator locks were in you would soon find out at 40 knots when you put the tail up.... Pull the power back and stop. We use to taxi the DC3 with the elevators up the yoke back somewhat... Seriously first thing is a control check.
We hung the gust locks on the cockpit door so both pilots could see they were removed. Started doing that after someone tried to TO with them installed. Luckily figured it out in time.
How can you do the pre-takeoff power/mag checks without pulling the yoke fully rearward? I can understand control locks being left in, but not getting as far as the takeoff run! I guess the cause must have been something else; well hoping so!
Is it just me, or does it look like a gust lock on the elevator at 30 sec?
The plane hits something about where the tail is in line with the green shed. It's something that appears just as the plane reaches that point, and raises a cloud of dust. So it's possible the pilot either lost control authority as a result, or my money would be on trying to lift the plane over whatever it was that appeared and then got into an uncontrollable low speed lift off situation.
