- Date
- May 3, 1987, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43867Douglas DC-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870503033829A
- Case key
- 31910
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that they had made a normal landing and on rollout experienced severe vibration from a nose wheel shimmy. The vibration resulted in substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer spar attach points.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43867
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44624
- Airframe hours
- 24,480
- Engine
- P&W R-2800-CB, 1,450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 125
- Registered owner
- Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MYNN · Nassau, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale Int'L, runway 9L, 8,018 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °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.