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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Doug DC3 · Dania, FL · April 23, 1980

Date
April 23, 1980 · 16:30 local
Place
Dania, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N709Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FA058
Reported as
Doug DC3
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,053 total64 in this make and model39 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.

Had gear unsafe light. Started go-around without advancing props. Co-pilot delayed clean-up. Settled into trees.

As the FAA filed it

HAD GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. STARTED GO-AROUND WITHOUT ADVANCING PROPS. CO-PILOT DELAYED CLEAN-UP. SETTLED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.