38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 9, 1984 · 22:32 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGSCA
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,350 in this make and model200 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.
Aircraft was refueled with jet fuel which caused engines to quit after takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED WITH JET FUEL WHICH CAUSED ENGINES TO QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF.