# Incident 19840120009579I: Doug DC3C, Milwaukee, WI, January 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1984, 16:22 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAST
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24320, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-3A-S1C3G (registry code 3021440, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-3a-s1c3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3C
- Reported engine: PWA R183092
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840120009579I

## Narrative

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

#2 ENGINE BECAME ROUGH. UNABLE TO FEATHER THEN QUIT WITH A BANG. CONNECTING ROD AND CRANKSHAFT FAILURE HAD OCCURRED

## Other reports on N24320 (3)

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

- [Accident 19941215041652A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941215041652A), Dec 15, 1994: Doug DC3AS1C3G (N24320), Memphis, TN, Substantial damage. While holding for takeoff right stabilizer was struck by taxiing 208 N927FE lighting bad in area. Tail lights inop.
- [Incident 19930217005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930217005469I), Feb 17, 1993: Doug DC3AS1C3G (N24320), St Louis, MO. Right engine low oil pressure. Shut engine down. Landed at destination. Found a ruptured oil cooler.
- [Incident 19870724052689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724052689I), Jul 24, 1987: Doug DC3AS1C3G (N24320), Memphis, TN. Returned to airport after one engine ran rough the other quit. Air on fuel lines, pilot switched to wrong fuel tank.

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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