19771213042839A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Doug DC3C-S1C3G · Evansville, IN · December 13, 1977

Date
December 13, 1977
Place
Evansville, IN
Airport
Evansville Regional
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N51071
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA78AA001
Reported as
Doug DC3CS1C3G
People aboard
25
Fatal injuries
25
Pilot’s flight hours
9,100 total4,430 in this make and model53 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rudder,r ail ctl locks installed. Rear CG aft of optimum range but forward of rearmost limit.

As the FAA filed it

RUDDER,R AIL CTL LOCKS INSTALLED.REAR CG AFT OF OPTIMUM RANGE BUT FORWARD OF REARMOST LIMIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.