# Incident 19790102000799I: Doug DC3, New Orleans, LA, January 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3VB-1983-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3-G202A (registry code 3021424, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3-g202a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 400 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/19790102000799I

## Narrative

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

UNQUALIFIED COPILOT EXTENDED THE GEAR IMPROPERLY AND LEFT THE HANDLE DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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