43.2265° N, 86.2572° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Muskegon, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 28, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Muskegon, MI
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N50CM
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183043
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total1,500 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.
Engine shut down due to low oil pressure and high oil temp. Oil pump had seized.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE AND HIGH OIL TEMP. OIL PUMP HAD SEIZED.