# Incident 19800826065589I: Doug DC6A, Dillingham, AK, August 26, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1980, 10:25 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2878F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2878F-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-6A (registry code 3021706, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6a) (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: DOUG DC6A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80IA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80IA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800826065589I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. NO MECHANICAL FOUND, PILOT DENIED ACCIDENTAL RETRACTION.

## 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 ANC80IA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80IA093), Aug 26, 1980: Douglas DC-6 (N2878F), Dillingham, AK, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N2878F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850706036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706036779A), Jul 6, 1985: Doug DC6A (N2878F), Egegik, AK, Destroyed. During takeoff run on a beach,nose wheel struck a rut and aircraft swerved into a bluff. Fire destroyed the aircraft

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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