19871020077449I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · Rochester, NY · October 20, 1987

Date
October 20, 1987 · 20:53 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Rochester-Monroe County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N91BF
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,300 total1,200 in this make and model100 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.

On climbout engine backfired, throwing flames out of carburetor and around the cowl flaps. Power loss left engine.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT ENGINE BACKFIRED, THROWING FLAMES OUT OF CARBURETOR AND AROUND THE COWL FLAPS. POWER LOSS LEFT ENGINE.

Other reports on N91BF · 1

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