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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Sioux Falls, SD · January 25, 1988

Date: January 25, 1988 · 20:03 local
Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Airport: Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SRVX
Aircraft: N6898D
Reported as: Doug DC3
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1830*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N6898DRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2002 · Douglas DC3-G202AS/N 20082 Airframe modelDouglas DC3-G202A Engine modelWright C9GC&D seriesReciprocating

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 running rough. Feathered engine. Returned. Found connecting rod had broken below the piston.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. FEATHERED ENGINE. RETURNED. FOUND CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN BELOW THE PISTON.