# NTSB MIA68A0092: Douglas DC3C, N88829, Jacksonville, FL, May 3, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1968
- Place: Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110604
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0092
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0092

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4490   68/5/3    JACKSONVILLE,FLA    DOUGLAS DC3C        CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 11493
        TIME - 1454                    N88829              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - IMESON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- BEARING BOLT,P/N 111904-9-519B,IN L LDG GR,FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88829](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88829-2011-08-03), registration cancelled 2011-08-03, S/N 6253, built 1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC3C
- Registry model: [Douglas DC3](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (registry code 3021401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2000-series) (registry code 52023, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Imeson

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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