# Incident 19970902029709I: Doug C54BDC, Fairbanks, AK, September 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1997, 09:50 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: B2OB
- 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: N44911, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44911-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C54B-DC (registry code 3021516, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c54b-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG C54BDC
- Reported engine: PWA R2000*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 800 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970902029709I

## Narrative

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

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 20040507007689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040507007689A), May 7, 2004: Doug C54BDC (N44911), Mcgrath, AK, Destroyed. (-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…

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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