19800616051339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC6A · Maui, HI · June 16, 1980

Date
June 16, 1980 · 19:31 local
Place
Maui, HI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
APIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3443F
Reported as
Doug DC6A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Flight returned due to engine fire which was extinguised in flight. Master rod failed.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO ENGINE FIRE WHICH WAS EXTINGUISED IN FLIGHT. MASTER ROD FAILED.