# Accident 19810117000619A: Doug DC3C, Miami, FL, January 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1981, 14:15 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SCKA
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87652 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810117000619A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED NO BRAKES WHILE TAXIING. GROUND LOOPED INTO DITCH TO AVOID PARKED AIRCRAFT. LOW HYDRAULIC FLUID.

## 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 MIA81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA036), Jan 17, 1981: Douglas DC-3C (N87652), Miami, FL, substantial 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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