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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-6A · Fairbanks, AK · February 10, 1989

Date: February 10, 1989 · 08:45 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Airport: Fairbanks International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NACA
Aircraft: N99330
Reported as: Doug DC6A
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R2800*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total6,500 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N99330Registration cancelled Apr 22, 2011 · Douglas DC-6AS/N 43576 · Built 1952 Airframe modelDouglas DC-6A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 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 malfunction. Shut down. Returned. Found NR2 cylinder had cracked. Lost oil out of engine.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE MALFUNCTION. SHUT DOWN. RETURNED. FOUND NR2 CYLINDER HAD CRACKED. LOST OIL OUT OF ENGINE.