# Accident 19771213042839A: Doug DC3CS1C3G, Evansville, IN, December 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1977
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.0408° N, 87.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVANSVILLE RGNL (EVV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51071, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51071-2011-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (registry code 3021458, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c-s1c3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3CS1C3G
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 25
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 4,430 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA78AA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA001-79688) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771213042839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA78AA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA001-79688), Dec 13, 1977: Douglas DC-3 (N51071), Evansville, IN, destroyed, 29 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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