# Incident 19881222067399I: Doug DC6B, Fairbanks, AK, December 22, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1988, 10:17 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: EVAB
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151-1996-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-6B (registry code 3021712, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC6B
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881222067399I

## Narrative

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

NR4 ENGINE OVERSPEED ON CLIMBOUT. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED. PROP GOVERNOR ASSEMBLY AND MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N151 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920303005009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920303005009A), Mar 3, 1992: Doug DC6B (N151), Selawik, AK, Substantial damage. Overran ice and snow covered runway. Factors light downwind. Short runway for type. Props slow to reverse at minus 32

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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