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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC6A · Miami, FL · March 5, 1981

Date
March 5, 1981 · 12:50 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N61267
Reported as
Doug DC6A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,107 total8,107 in this make and model307 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.

First officer made landing on nose gear. Nose gear torque link broke. Shimmy caused aircraft off side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST OFFICER MADE LANDING ON NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK BROKE. SHIMMY CAUSED AIRCRAFT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.