# NTSB Accident FTW96FA262
> **Douglas DC3A** · 1996-06-20 · CUT AND SHOOT, TX, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW96FA262
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05955
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-06-20
- **Location:** CUT AND SHOOT, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.379293, -95.379524
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 3
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Douglas
- **Model:** DC3A
- **Registration:** N23WT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to use the single engine best angle of climb airspeed resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft.  Factors were the loss of power to the left engine for undetermined reasons, the flight instructor not being qualified to be pilot-in-command in the DC3, his lack of recent experience in the DC3, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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