# Accident 19810714040849A: Doug C54G, Kenai, AK, July 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3373F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3373F-1982-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C54G-DC (registry code 3021534, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c54g-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG C54G
- Reported engine: PWA R2000*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,776 total, 1,976 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714040849A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT CALLED WITH EMERGENCY, #1 ENGINE ON FIRE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC81FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA079), Jul 14, 1981: Douglas DC-4 (N3373F), Kenai, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N3373F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810121012589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810121012589I), Jan 21, 1981: Doug DC4 (N3373F), Honolulu, HI. ATC issued confusing and conflicting instructions to flight crew during landing approach.

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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