# Accident 19861224072339A: Piper PA34200T, Mobile, AL, December 24, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1986, 15:43 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5049° N, 88.1509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5049&lon=-88.1509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3577U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3577U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,828 total, 36 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861224072339A

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES FAILED ON APPROACH. A SAFE FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. SUSPECT A PILOT PROBLEM WITH CROSSFED SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL87LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA049), Dec 24, 1986: Piper PA-34-200T (N3577U), Mobile, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3577U (1)

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

- [Incident 19900922059239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922059239I), Sep 22, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N3577U), Beaumont Port A, TX, Minor damage. ATC advised chocks still in place. Got out to remove. Aircraft moved forward and hit a fence.

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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