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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug C-118A · Talkeetna, AK · February 27, 1986

Date
February 27, 1986 · 18:21 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Airport
Talkeetna Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
MGIB
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N888DG
Reported as
Doug C118A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,800 total494 in this make and model55 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.

Engine shut down after sparkplugs shorted on a cylinder. Fire in right accessory section. Safe emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN AFTER SPARKPLUGS SHORTED ON A CYLINDER. FIRE IN RIGHT ACCESSORY SECTION. SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING.

Other reports on N888DG · 1

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