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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · Des Moines, IA · December 4, 1990

Date
December 4, 1990 · 16:32 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JRAA
Aircraft
N139JR
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total300 in this make and model220 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.

NR1 engine losing oil pressure on climb. Returned. Found oil leak at the front case oil pressure line.

As the FAA filed it

NR1 ENGINE LOSING OIL PRESSURE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND OIL LEAK AT THE FRONT CASE OIL PRESSURE LINE.

Other reports on N139JR · 8

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

Incident 19951214044189IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Altoona, PANarrative: the pilot stated that at 12:15 local on December 14, 1995, after back taxiing for departure on runway 20, at Altoona, PA, the pilot of N139JR, DC-3 swung to the left to turn around on the runway. The aircraft slid on the ice, causing the left main…Dec 14, 1995Incident 19940127024179INormal Cruise · Indianapolis, INNarrative: cylinder head separated. The cargo flight departed Indianapolis at 1008Z enroute to knoxville, Tennessee. The captain reported that the airplane had just leveled off at its assigned cruising altitude of 9,000' when the left engine began backfiring…Jan 27, 1994Incident 19931212049669IStarting Engines · Indianapolis, INAircraft moved forward as pilot started right engine. Struck a ground power unit. Propeller severed from aircraft.Dec 12, 1993 · Minor damageIncident 19890307024339IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Indianapolis, INTaxied onto service road by mistake and became stuck in a snowdrift. Taxiway unplowed. Service road sign obscured.Mar 7, 1989Incident 19880308012019INormal Cruise · Kansas City, MOEngine oil pressure began to drop. Shut engine down. Cause is undetermined.Mar 8, 1988Incident 19870105004239INormal Cruise · Syracuse, NYEngine lost oil pressure during flight. The pilot secured engine and returned to field. Metal found in oil screen.Jan 5, 1987Incident 19860708038929ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Buffalo, NYLeft engine began to backfire on takeoff. Engine shutdown and returned. Under maintenance investigation.Jul 8, 1986Incident 19860327017289ILevel Off Touchdown · Buffalo, NYHard landing with bounce caused propeller blades to strike the runway.Mar 27, 1986 · Minor damage