# Incident 19810705060649I: Doug DC3, Boston, MA, July 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1981, 18:30 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Boston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PBAA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38PB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- Reported engine: PWA R183092
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,526 total, 631 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810705060649I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. SHUT DOWN. LANDED OK FOUND #2 CYLINDER FAILURE.

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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