# Incident 19860123003469I: Piper PA31310, Harlingen, TX, January 23, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1986, 13:33 local time
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Rio Grande Valley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N236BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N236BC-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860123003469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED WITH RIGHT MAIN RETRACTED AFTER NUMEROUS EXTENSION ATTEMPTS. FOUND ROD ENDS BROKEN ON ACTUATOR CYLINDERS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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