# Incident 19801018075139I: Doug DC6A, St Louis, MO, October 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1980, 03:20 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TCAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N616SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N616SE-2017-04-07) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801018075139I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO DROP IN OIL PRESSURE, RISE IN OIL TEMP. PINION GEAR SHAFT BROKEN, METAL IN THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N616SE (1)

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

- [Incident 19891113063579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891113063579I), Nov 13, 1989: Doug DC6A (N616SE), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. NR4 ENGINE WARNING ON FINAL. FIRE IN NACELLE. PLAN CARBURETOR TEARDOWN and engine change.

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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