# Incident 20041216034799I: Doug DC3A, Bloomington, IL, December 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N763A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N763A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3A (registry code 3021433, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3A
- Reported engine: PWA R1830*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041216034799I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.