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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · June 21, 1978

Date
June 21, 1978 · 06:32 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
OSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8861
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183092
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total4,500 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.

Intake pipe separated from the cylinder during takeoff run caused a minor engine fire.

As the FAA filed it

INTAKE PIPE SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER DURING TAKEOFF RUN CAUSED A MINOR ENGINE FIRE.