# Incident 20201026015469I: Douglas DC3C, Houma, LA, October 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CJVJ
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N932H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N932H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C (registry code 3021457, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R (registry code 52208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC3C
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201026015469I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1417 Z ON 26 OCT 2020, AIRCRAFT LINED UP FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 18 AT KHUM. WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 110 AT 10 IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AIRCRAFT TOOK THE RUNWAY.

AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ALONG THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED AND MOVED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE PILOT APPLIED CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUT, THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY MOVED FARTHER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT  THEN APPLIED OPPOSITE CONTROL INPUT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN AN OVER-CORRECTED STATE WHICH LED TO PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS.

AFTER A COUPLE OF OSCILLATIONS IN EACH DIRECTION, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT SIDE AND CROSSED OVER THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY TOWARD THE EAST RAMP. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS WERE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED.

DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS REVEALED THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS DC-3 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. PIC WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO SIC.

## Other reports on N932H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000608018169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608018169I), Jun 8, 2000: Doug DC3C (N932H), Erie, PA. (-23)On June 8, 2000, at 0935, a DC-3, registered to miami valley avaition (vlla) as N932H, landed at Erie International Airport (eri) with the number 2 engine…

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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