# Incident 19950412011379I: Doug DC6B, Fairbanks, AK, April 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1995, 05:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N4390F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4390F-2001-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-6B (registry code 3021712, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC6B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 2,691 in this make and model, 375 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950412011379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 04/12/95 A DC-6-B, N4390F OPERATED BY EVERTS AIR FUEL INC., DEPARTED THE RAMP AT FAIRBANKS INT'L AFTER FUELING THE INTERNATIONAL BULK FUEL TANKS (THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET UP AS A FUEL TANKER). THE BULK FUEL LOADING HOSE ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT SINGLE POINT RECEPTACLE WAS NOT DISCONNECTED BY THE CREW. THIS RESULTED IN THE HOSE RIPPING THE SINGLE POINT RECEPTACLE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND A 600 GAL. FUEL SPILL DURING TAXI OUT. THE CREW WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL COMPLETING THEIR 2 HOUR FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4390F (1)

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

- [Accident 20010131000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010131000769A), Jan 31, 2001: Doug DC6B (N4390F), Donlin Creek, AK, No damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] pilot had no visual queues.f lat light conditions (white-out) existed with 2 miles visibility and light snow. Hard landing on…

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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