# Incident 19791227035909I: Doug DC3C, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1979, 13:40 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100SD-1990-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C (registry code 3021457, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3C
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,050 total, 4,608 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80IA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80IA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791227035909I

## Narrative

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

PROP BLADE FAILED ON TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW ABORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80IA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80IA103), Dec 27, 1979: Douglas DC3C (N100SD), St Thomas, VI, incident, minor damage

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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