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FAA incident report · Doug C54B · Miami, FL · March 22, 2000

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Date
March 22, 2000 · 10:20 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Part 125 operator
Operator
C9QB
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89FA
Reported as
Doug C54B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,000 total1,500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N89FARegistered now · Douglas C-54S/N 27249Airframe modelDouglas C-54

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What happened

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

(-5) March 21/22, 2000 at 11:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2000, inspector gallina received a phone call from the atlanta com center, concerning an aircraft N8FA, on the runway at Opa Locka Airport. The aircraft received a clearance for an ILS approach to rwy 12. The atlanta com center did not have any other information at the time. I called Opa Locka Airport and spoke with lachelle, who confirmed the aircraft on rwy 12. The aircraft is a: N89FA, Douglas C-54B-DC, serial number 27249 custom air service, part 125 operator pilot: bob mcswiggen privacy data omitted ATP 1341536 first officer: john van loon, privacy data omitted commercial 562290555 I arrived at the Opa Locka Airport and found the metro dade county employee lachelle, waiting to escort me to rwy 12, where the DC-4 was sitting. The nose gear was inside the nose wheel compartment but the nose skin was partially open. Two tow trucks came and placed two straps under the jack points of the aircraft behind the nose wheel and lifted the aircraft. After the aircraft was lifted, the nose gear doors were wedged apart and the landing gear dropped out easily. The damage to the aircraft was: the nose wheel doors, the skin on the nose that houses the battery, and the two inboard props. The pilot, bob mcswiggan started up the left side of the aircraft and taxied it to the ramp of Florida air cargo.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) MARCH 21/22, 2000 AT 11:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2000, INSPECTOR GALLINA RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE ATLANTA COM CENTER, CONCERNING AN AIRCRAFT N8FA, ON THE RUNWAY AT OPA LOCKA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED A CLEARANCE FOR AN ILS APPROACH TO RWY 12. THE ATLANTA COM CENTER DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION AT THE TIME. I CALLED OPA LOCKA AIRPORT AND SPOKE WITH LACHELLE, WHO CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT ON RWY 12. THE AIRCRAFT IS A: N89FA, DOUGLAS C-54B-DC, SERIAL NUMBER 27249 CUSTOM AIR SERVICE, PART 125 OPERATOR PILOT: BOB MCSWIGGEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATP 1341536 FIRST OFFICER: JOHN VAN LOON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMERCIAL 562290555 I ARRIVED AT THE OPA LOCKA AIRPORT AND FOUND THE METRO DADE COUNTY EMPLOYEE LACHELLE, WAITING TO ESCORT ME TO RWY 12, WHERE THE DC-4 WAS SITTING. THE NOSE GEAR WAS INSIDE THE NOSE WHEEL COMPARTMENT BUT THE NOSE SKIN WAS PARTIALLY OPEN. TWO TOW TRUCKS CAME AND PLACED TWO STRAPS UNDER THE JACK POINTS OF THE AIRCRAFT BEHIND THE NOSE WHEEL AND LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE WEDGED APART AND THE LANDING GEAR DROPPED OUT EASILY. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS: THE NOSE WHEEL DOORS, THE SKIN ON THE NOSE THAT HOUSES THE BATTERY, AND THE TWO INBOARD PROPS. THE PILOT, BOB MCSWIGGAN STARTED UP THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED IT TO THE RAMP OF FLORIDA AIR CARGO.