- Date
- June 30, 1987, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hilliard, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N31MSDouglas DC3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870630049759I
- Case key
- 31799
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the FAA the pilot stated that just after he rotated for takeoff the acft lost power in the left eng. He then aborted the takeoff, set the acft back on the runway & it slid off the left side into some bushes. The plts did not submit an operator acdt report form.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31MS
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11631
- Engine
- P&W R-1830, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank J. Bailey
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Intnl Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- 01J · Hilliard, runway 18, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.