19810127034849I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · Buffalo, NY · January 27, 1981

Date
January 27, 1981 · 14:23 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Buffalo
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALPA
Aircraft
N5009
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total2,000 in this make and model60 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.

Left engine lost oil pressure. Found metal in lower sump. Replaced engine.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE. FOUND METAL IN LOWER SUMP. REPLACED ENGINE.

Other reports on N5009 · 2

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