# Incident 20000722034199I: Doug C54D, Fairbanks, AK, July 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N90201, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90201-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C54-D (registry code 3021524, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c54-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series (registry code 52023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG C54D
- Reported engine: PWA R2000*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722034199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 22, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AKDT, N90201, A DOUGLAS DC-4 DEPARTED FIA FOR BET AND THE PILOT NOTED A 4" DROP IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE IN THE #2 ENGINE. THE PILOT DOCUMENTED THE ENGINE PARAMETERS NOTED CYLINDER HEAD TEMP LOW.  THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO FAI AND AN APPROACH WAS TOLD BY AN OUTBOARD AIRCRAFT THERE SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT INBOARD ENGINE.  AFTER LANDING AND EXITING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY THE TOWER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE #2 ENGINE WAS STILL SMOKING.  PILOT VARIFIED THE SMOKE AND SAW FIRE.  THE PILOT REQUESTED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND INITIATED EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  FIRE CREWS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE IN THE #2 ENGINE.

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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