- Date
- August 14, 1984, 07:20 local (11:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N74183Douglas C-54
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840814073689A
- Case key
- 31174
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had returned for precautionary landing after #4 engine vibration was noted 10 mins into the flt. Acft landed 4000 lbs over max allowable landing wt. After #4 engine examination the acft was released for flight. An exchangeof pilot in command was made and the acft taxiied for takeoff. During taxi, the nose gear collapsed. Investigation revealed nose gear assembly overload failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74183
- Reported as
- Douglas C-54
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10314
- Airframe hours
- 59,013
- Engine
- P&W R-2000, 1,450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 125
- Registered owner
- Florida Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 28, 1984 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- MYNN · Nassau, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale Hollywood
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 178 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 64° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N74183 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.