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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug C-47 · Fairbanks, AK · August 4, 1987

Date
August 4, 1987 · 11:45 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AUIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8042X
Reported as
Doug C47
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183094
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total4,800 in this make and model180 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 shutdown and fire bottles discharged after fire warning on descent. A cylinder had cracked.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED AFTER FIRE WARNING ON DESCENT. A CYLINDER HAD CRACKED.

Other reports on N8042X · 2

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