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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Dallas Fort Wor, TX · January 8, 1982

Date
January 8, 1982 · 00:05 local
Place
Dallas Fort Wor, TX
Airport
Dfw
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CKRA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N85FA
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183092
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,437 total958 in this make and model263 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.

Ordered APU disconnect. Began taxi with APU still attached. APU caught fire. Company action against crew.

As the FAA filed it

ORDERED APU DISCONNECT. BEGAN TAXI WITH APU STILL ATTACHED. APU CAUGHT FIRE. COMPANY ACTION AGAINST CREW.