# Incident 19960606029459I: Doug DC4, Shreveport, LA, June 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1996, 17:22 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Regional
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: GSAB
- Location: 32.4465° N, 93.8260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT RGNL (SHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4465&lon=-93.8260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83FA-2000-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C54A-DC (registry code 3021510, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c54a-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606029459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDING TECHNIQUES BECAUSE HE OPERATES OUT OF AN AIRPORT WITH A 3,300 FOOT RUNWAY. HE SAID THAT THIS DC-4 HAS A CONVERSION ON IT AND THE COCKPIT SITS UP MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL. HE STATED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN GEAR CAUGHT THE THRESHOLD LIGHT. UPON PARKING ON THE RAMP, THE PILOT SAID HIS CO-PILOT, WHO IS AN A&P, LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. AIRPORT MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE THRESHOLD MARKER LIGHT AND CLEANED UP DEBRIS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THERE WERE NO INJURIES. RUNWAY 14 AT SHREVEPORT (SHV) IS 8,351 FEET IN LENGTH. FOR FUTURE SHORT FIELD LANDING PRACTICE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A POINT FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY BE SELECTED AS THE POINT OF TOUCHDOWN. TYPE OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N83FA (1)

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

- [Accident 19970404004329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970404004329A), Apr 4, 1997: Doug C54A (N83FA), Griffin, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft on run up runway, reported engine problems, attempted to abort takeoff, went off end of runway. Crashed.

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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