# Incident 19870404068859I: Doug DC3C, Fort Wayne, IN, April 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1987, 03:11 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Smith Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SBRA
- Location: 41.1434° N, 85.1528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1434&lon=-85.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115SA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (registry code 3021458, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,035 total, 800 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870404068859I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT CAME ON. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N115SA (1)

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

- [Incident 19991012028149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991012028149I), Oct 12, 1999: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N115SA), Huntington, WV, Minor damage. (-23) Incident number: IEA092000002 left engine number 1 cylinder in flight. Flight diverted to (hts) Huntington, west Virginia and landed without incident.…

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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