# Accident 19800423010499A: Doug DC3, Dania, FL, April 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Dania, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0543° N, 80.1647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dania Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0543&lon=-80.1647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709Z-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas VC-47D (registry code 3021478, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-vc-47d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,053 total, 64 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800423010499A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA80FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA058), Apr 23, 1980: Douglas C-47B (N709Z), Dania, FL, destroyed

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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