# Incident 19810205014199I: Dhav DHC6300, Houston, TX, February 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1981, 19:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTRA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915MA-1995-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (registry code 2802630, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 6,936 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810205014199I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF LEFT ENGINE BEGAN SURGING AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED PROP GOVERNOR.

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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