19980107003519I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · Miami, FL · January 7, 1998

Date
January 7, 1998 · 11:15 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka Airport
Phase of flight
Engine Run-Up
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
P3EA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N123DZ
Reported as
Doug DC3C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183092
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 in this make and model

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: while performing run up before flight, aircraft was caught by sudden wind gust that lifted tail of aircraft resulting in a nose over attitude. Both props struck ground at time of run up right engine was at idle and left was cut off but left prop separated from engine at the nose case, damaged cowling and landed approx. five feet away from aircraft. Right prop struck but just curled back blades. No injuries or other damage noted. Both props and engines to be removed, fire walls, mounts and tail section to be inspected. Further information on file this office.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE PERFORMING RUN UP BEFORE FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT WAS CAUGHT BY SUDDEN WIND GUST THAT LIFTED TAIL OF AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER ATTITUDE. BOTH PROPS STRUCK GROUND AT TIME OF RUN UP RIGHT ENGINE WAS AT IDLE AND LEFT WAS CUT OFF BUT LEFT PROP SEPARATED FROM ENGINE AT THE NOSE CASE, DAMAGED COWLING AND LANDED APPROX. FIVE FEET AWAY FROM AIRCRAFT. RIGHT PROP STRUCK BUT JUST CURLED BACK BLADES. NO INJURIES OR OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. BOTH PROPS AND ENGINES TO BE REMOVED, FIRE WALLS, MOUNTS AND TAIL SECTION TO BE INSPECTED. FURTHER INFORMATION ON FILE THIS OFFICE.