42.6656° N, 83.4205° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 3, 1978 · 09:16 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CENT
Aircraft
N25666
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183092
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.
Engine fire in flight. Suspect internal failure of supercharger.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FIRE IN FLIGHT. SUSPECT INTERNAL FAILURE OF SUPERCHARGER.