NTSB MIA87IA195 — 1987-06-30 · HILLIARD, Florida, United States

N31MS has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8GCBC, built 2018), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

N31MS Douglas DC3A None

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MIA87IA195.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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