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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug C54B-DC · Fairbanks, AK · September 2, 1997

Date: September 2, 1997 · 09:50 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Airport: Fairbanks International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Part 125 operator
Operator: B2OB
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N44911
Reported as: Doug C54BDC
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R2000*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,750 total800 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N44911Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2017 · Douglas C54B-DCS/N 10461 · Built 1944 Airframe modelDouglas C54B-DC Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: after takeoff captain noticed #2 engine cowling had shifted forward and lower forward edge had been hit by the propeller. The #2 engine was shutdown and the aircraft returned to Fairbanks with no further problems. The cowling stayed intact but was damaged on the forward lower lip. The damaged cowl and propeller with scrape mark were replaced.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF CAPTAIN NOTICED #2 ENGINE COWLING HAD SHIFTED FORWARD AND LOWER FORWARD EDGE HAD BEEN HIT BY THE PROPELLER. THE #2 ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FAIRBANKS WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. THE COWLING STAYED INTACT BUT WAS DAMAGED ON THE FORWARD LOWER LIP. THE DAMAGED COWL AND PROPELLER WITH SCRAPE MARK WERE REPLACED.

Other reports on N44911 · 1

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

Accident 20040507007689AStarting Engines · Mcgrath, AK(-23) Brooks air fuel a/c N44911 had an explosion in the area of number one engine after engine startup. This was a four-engine start sequence in which the #1 engine was last. The explosion and fire caused the #1 engine and a major portion of the wing to…May 7, 2004 · Destroyed