# Incident 19970521017469I: Doug DC861, Wilmington, OH, May 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1997, 02:19 local time
- Place: Wilmington, OH
- Airport: Airborne Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ABXA
- Location: 39.4294° N, 83.8177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4294&lon=-83.8177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N847AX-2010-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-61 (registry code 3021952, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-61) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC861
- Reported engine: PWA JT3D*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,560 total, 1,416 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970521017469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SDR WILL BE SUBMITTED AFTER VENDOR INSPECTION AND TESTING OF GENERATOR AND CSD. ON CLIMB OUT FROM OAK THE #3 GENERATOR FIELD RELAY OPENED AND WOULD NOT RESET. IN CRUISE FLIGHT INBOUND TO 1 LN #3 FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ILN WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT IS BELIEVED THE #3 CSD LOCKED UP CAUSING THE OVERSPEED AND MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE #3 GENERATOR. THE CSD AND GENERATOR HAVE BEEN SENT TO VENDORS FOR INSPECTION AND TESTING.

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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