# Incident 19780720035829I: Doug DC3, Pittsburgh, PA, July 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1978, 23:25 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PAL
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N166E-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,779 total, 2,922 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720035829I

## Narrative

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

AS PILOT STARTED TO TAXI, WINGTIP STRUCK RUDDER OF A PARKED CESSNA 404. POSSIBLE PILOT FATIGUE.

## Other reports on N166E (2)

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

- [Incident 19780219007719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219007719I), Feb 19, 1978: Doug DC3 (N166E), Providence, RI. Failure of accessory drive shaft led to engine failure and shutdown. Pilot made uneventful landing.
- [Incident 19780202005419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780202005419I), Feb 2, 1978: Doug DC3C (N166E), East Boston, MA. Main gear tire blew out on landing.

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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