# Incident 19971210041449I: Doug DC3CS1C3G, South Bend, IN, December 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1997, 16:31 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SBRA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58NA-2017-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (registry code 3021458, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c-s1c3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3CS1C3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971210041449I

## Narrative

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

NOTICED LEFT BRAKE INOPERATIVE DURING DESCENT.

## Other reports on N58NA (3)

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

- [Incident 20040329006279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329006279I), Mar 29, 2004: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N58NA), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Crew was taxiing aircraft back to hangar when their brakes failed. PIC shut engines down in an effort to slow the aircraft. SIC attempted to use the…
- [Incident 19991220042459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991220042459I), Dec 20, 1999: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N58NA), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft departed gso, at 500 or 600 ft oil pressure dropped. PIC declared an emergency, returned to gso landed without incident. Maintenance found mater…
- [Incident 19980416013879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980416013879I), Apr 16, 1998: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N58NA), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: flight crew declared emergency due to loss of oil pressure on #1 engine, landed at cgf without incident. Preliminary finding was a broken oil line…

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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