20020521016349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Laredo, TX · May 21, 2002

Date
May 21, 2002 · 10:45 local
Place
Laredo, TX
Airport
Laredo International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
J0XF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
XAJBR
Reported as
Doug DC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R183092
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) On may 21, 2002, aircraft xa-jbr, a Douglas DC-3, s/n 3261, was involved in an incident approximately three miles east of the Laredo International Airport. The aircraft was doing touch and go's when the pilots declared an emergency, due to a runaway engine, and ditched the aircraft into lake casa blanca. The pilot and co-pilot are mexican nationals and the third person onboard, in the jump seat, is an American, a certificated pilot. There were no injuries. Damage to the aircraft is minimal. There was no near mid-air, no post fire and no damage to property. A copy of this report has been given to spm.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 21, 2002, AIRCRAFT XA-JBR, A DOUGLAS DC-3, S/N 3261, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST OF THE LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO'S WHEN THE PILOTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DUE TO A RUNAWAY ENGINE, AND DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT INTO LAKE CASA BLANCA. THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT ARE MEXICAN NATIONALS AND THE THIRD PERSON ONBOARD, IN THE JUMP SEAT, IS AN AMERICAN, A CERTIFICATED PILOT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINIMAL. THERE WAS NO NEAR MID-AIR, NO POST FIRE AND NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A COPY OF THIS REPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO SPM.