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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug C-54G · Fairbanks, AK · June 3, 2006

Date
June 3, 2006 · 09:45 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Part 125 operator
Operator
B2OB
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51802
Reported as
Doug C54G
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2000*
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) privacy data omitted #8 cylinder head, on the #3 engine, separated from the cylinder barrel on takeoff. Immediate loss of engine oil. Fire started when oil contacted hot engine exhaust collector.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED #8 CYLINDER HEAD, ON THE #3 ENGINE, SEPARATED FROM THE CYLINDER BARREL ON TAKEOFF. IMMEDIATE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. FIRE STARTED WHEN OIL CONTACTED HOT ENGINE EXHAUST COLLECTOR.