DC-3 crashed after accidental lever nudge cut fuel to engines

DC-3 C-FKGL

Source: Transportation Safety Board

Canadian investigators believe one of the pilots of a modified Douglas DC-3 inadvertently moved the aircraft’s fuel-condition levers while raising the undercarriage, cutting off the fuel flow to both engines.

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