# Incident 19910809040699I: Doug DC3C, Covington - Cin, OH, August 9, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1991, 11:15 local time
- Place: Covington - Cin, OH
- Airport: Greater Cincinnati International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DJSA
- Location: 40.1170° N, 84.3507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1170&lon=-84.3507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N683LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N683LS-2017-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C (registry code 3021457, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910809040699I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED. FOUND SHORTED WIRE.

## Other reports on N683LS (1)

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

- [Incident 19900607028449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900607028449I), Jun 7, 1990: Doug DC3C (N683LS), Burlington, IA. Pilot elected to ground loop his aircraft on a downwind landing. Had a wind shift just prior to landing.

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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