38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 19, 1979 · 20:40 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N889P
Reported as
Doug DC3A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183075
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total3,000 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.
Fire warning activated with abnormal glow inside engine cowl. Exhaust collector ring separtated.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED WITH ABNORMAL GLOW INSIDE ENGINE COWL. EXHAUST COLLECTOR RING SEPARTATED.