# Incident 19870505022839I: Mtsbsi MU2B36A, Tivoli, TX, May 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1987, 08:15 local time
- Place: Tivoli, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GPMA
- Location: 28.4608° N, 96.8915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tivoli, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4608&lon=-96.8915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N892MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N892MA-1994-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A (registry code 5780413, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870505022839I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO SUSPECTED FIRE. CARGO WAS FOUND TO BE LOADED NEAR MAIN HEATING OUTLET

## Other reports on N892MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19870224025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870224025129I), Feb 24, 1987: Mtsbsi MU2B36A (N892MA), Mc Allen, TX, Minor damage. The aircraft landed with the wheels retracted. Pilot was directed to circle to another runway and became distracted

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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