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FAA incident report · Doug DC3A · Bloomington, IL · December 16, 2004

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Date
December 16, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place
Bloomington, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N763A
Reported as
Doug DC3A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1830*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days
N763ARegistered now · Douglas DC3AS/N 4894 · Built 1947Airframe modelDouglas DC3AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) privacy data omitted on December 16 at about 1500 local time while on a local training flight the crew of the DC-3 experienced a fire in the right engine while about 10 miles east of Bloomington airport (bmi). An ATP rated pilot was in the left seat receiving duel instruction for the type rating. The properly certificated and qualified instructor pilot was in the right seat and another instructor and chief/check pilot was in the jump seat. The aircraft had departed Bloomington airport about 15 minutes earlier and had just leveled at 4500 feet and set up cruise conditions when the fire warning light illuminated. The check pilot went into the cabin and confirmed the fire and the other pilots shut down the engine and fired both fire bottles. The instructor pilot then called bmi tower and said they had an engine shut down and was returning to the airport and requested the fire equipment to standby. The crew made a single engine landing and taxied off runway 29 and came to a stop. Ground fire equipment and personnel checked and confirmed the fire was out and all crewmembers deplaned the aircraft without injury. The aircraft suffered minor damage to hoses and wiring in the area of the carburetor of the right engine. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ON DECEMBER 16 AT ABOUT 1500 LOCAL TIME WHILE ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT THE CREW OF THE DC-3 EXPERIENCED A FIRE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE WHILE ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT (BMI). AN ATP RATED PILOT WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT RECEIVING DUEL INSTRUCTION FOR THE TYPE RATING. THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR AND CHIEF/CHECK PILOT WAS IN THE JUMP SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT ABOUT 15 MINUTES EARLIER AND HAD JUST LEVELED AT 4500 FEET AND SET UP CRUISE CONDITIONS WHEN THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CHECK PILOT WENT INTO THE CABIN AND CONFIRMED THE FIRE AND THE OTHER PILOTS SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND FIRED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT THEN CALLED BMI TOWER AND SAID THEY HAD AN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT AND REQUESTED THE FIRE EQUIPMENT TO STANDBY. THE CREW MADE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AND TAXIED OFF RUNWAY 29 AND CAME TO A STOP. GROUND FIRE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL CHECKED AND CONFIRMED THE FIRE WAS OUT AND ALL CREWMEMBERS DEPLANED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO HOSES AND WIRING IN THE AREA OF THE CARBURETOR OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.