19871024063229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Brownsville, TX · October 24, 1987

Date
October 24, 1987 · 21:45 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Intercoastal Waterway Airstrip
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4045M
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88LA013
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
295 total285 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Circled unlighted private strip. Unknown to pilot aircraft descended into the adjacent intercostal Waterway.

As the FAA filed it

CIRCLED UNLIGHTED PRIVATE STRIP. UNKNOWN TO PILOT AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE ADJACENT INTERCOSTAL WATERWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.