19790124004139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Jacksonville, FL · January 24, 1979

Date: January 24, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place: Jacksonville, FL
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FAT
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6102
Reported as: Doug DC3
People aboard: 20
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,100 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6102Registration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Douglas DC3AS/N 11645 · Built 1943 Airframe modelDouglas DC3A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot bounced, pushed forward on the yoke to stay on. One low strut bottomed out, prop tips hit the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BOUNCED, PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE TO STAY ON. ONE LOW STRUT BOTTOMED OUT, PROP TIPS HIT THE RUNWAY.