# Incident 20020521016349I: Doug DC3, Laredo, TX, May 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2002, 10:45 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: Laredo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: J0XF
- Location: 27.5442° N, 99.4616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAREDO INTL (LRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5442&lon=-99.4616&mi=10
- Aircraft: XAJBR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- Reported engine: PWA R183092
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521016349I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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