# Incident 19861015063499I: Piper PA30, Brownsville, TX, October 15, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1986, 09:30 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9017° N, 97.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9017&lon=-97.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7969Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7969Y-1991-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 270 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861015063499I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND GEAR ACTUATOR SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT.

## Other reports on N7969Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871025060609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871025060609A), Oct 25, 1987: Piper PA30 (N7969Y), Brownsville, TX, Substantial damage. Pulled mixture to fail engine on landing. Applied full power for takeoff but engine still out. Ground looped.

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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