47.1230° N, 118.3753° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ritzville, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 7, 1982 · 03:50 local
Place
Ritzville, WA
Airport
Ritzville
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ATIA
Aircraft
N74514
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total2,800 in this make and model210 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.
Right engine siezed. Lost electrical power left engine. Found internal engine failure. Tripped circuit breaker.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT ENGINE SIEZED. LOST ELECTRICAL POWER LEFT ENGINE. FOUND INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKER.