- Date
- March 5, 1981
- Place
- East Alton, IL · EAST ALTON, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44DGDouglas DC-6A
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810305010579I
- Case key
- 126664
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0010 81/3/5 EAST ALTON,IL DOUGLAS DC-6A CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1208 N44DG PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 34, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YPSILANTI,MI ROSWELL,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- DSNDG THRU 7500FT,FIRE BGN AFT ENG BACKFIRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44DG
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Civic Memorial
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.