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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · New Orleans, LA · July 28, 1980

Date
July 28, 1980 · 11:15 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Lakefront
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6666A
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,900 total2,200 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.

Engine fuel pressure increased, then engine quit. Found a fuel leak at the carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FUEL PRESSURE INCREASED, THEN ENGINE QUIT. FOUND A FUEL LEAK AT THE CARBURETOR.