# Incident 19871216076979I: Piper PA34200, Brownsville, TX, December 16, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1987, 11:21 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N56121, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56121-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871216076979I

## Narrative

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

BOTH ALTERNATORS FAILED. BATTERY POWER LOST. UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N56121 (1)

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

- [Incident 19911102048889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911102048889I), Nov 2, 1991: Piper PA34200 (N56121), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on a touch and go landing. Aircraft came to a stop on runway.

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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