# Incident 20000322021369I: Doug C54B, Miami, FL, March 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2000, 10:20 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: C9QB
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C-54 (registry code 3021506, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c-54) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG C54B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322021369I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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