# Incident 19800724062489I: Frchld C82STWDAVIS, Aniak, AK, July 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1980, 18:20 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5799° N, 159.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aniak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5799&lon=-159.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8009E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8009E-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild C-82 (registry code 3372002, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-c-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD C82STWDAVIS
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80IA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80IA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800724062489I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER CATCHING FIRE. SUSPECT FUEL LEAK AROUND ACCESSORY SECTION.

## 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 ANC80IA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80IA073), Jul 24, 1980: Fairchild C-82A (N8009E), Aniak, AK, 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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