# Incident 19810305019669I: Doug DC6A, Miami, FL, March 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1981, 12:50 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- 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: N61267 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC6A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,107 total, 8,107 in this make and model, 307 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810305019669I

## Narrative

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

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

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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