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FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands · February 11, 1978

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Date
February 11, 1978 · 02:20 local
Place
St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport
Harry S Truman
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CAS
Aircraft
N86584
Reported as
Doug DC3
People aboard
28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N86584Registered now · Douglas DC3-G202AS/N 4935 · Built 1942Airframe modelDouglas DC3-G202AEngine modelWright C9GC&D seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Copilot was making the takeoff, lost directional control, take off aborted.

As the FAA filed it

COPILOT WAS MAKING THE TAKEOFF, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, TAKE OFF ABORTED.

Other reports on N86584 · 5

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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