# Accident 19931007052509A: Doug DC3C, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 7, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1993, 19:40 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FRUA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N781T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N781T-2015-05-21) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R183092
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 669 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931007052509A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO RAMP NOTICED OUTER SECTION LEFT WING WAS BENT UP. HAD FAILED CORDWISE DUE TO CORROSION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA94LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA003), Oct 7, 1993: Douglas DC-3C (N781T), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: PARTIAL FAILURE OF A WING RIB DUE TO EXFOLIATION CORROSION AND INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

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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