# NTSB Accident MIA05FA123
> **Douglas R4D-8** · 2005-06-13 · Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA05FA123
- **Event ID:** 20050621X00818
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-06-13
- **Location:** Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 26.196388, -80.123886
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Douglas
- **Model:** R4D-8
- **Registration:** N3906J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The inadequate maintenance inspection by company maintenance personnel/pilot and other maintenance personnel of the left engine resulting in a total failure of the master rod bearing, and nose case partial separation, which prevented the left propeller from feathering. This resulted in the airplane not able to maintain altitude and a subsequent forced landing in a residential area.

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