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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3A · Brownsville, TX · January 6, 1988

Date: January 6, 1988 · 21:50 local
Place: Brownsville, TX
Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: Part 125 operator
Operator: HJZB
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N23WT
Reported as: Doug DC3A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total5,000 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

N23WTRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 1999 · Douglas DC3AS/N 11650 Airframe modelDouglas DC3A

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.

Crew mismanaged the landing gear system causing the left main gear to collapse during engine start.

As the FAA filed it

CREW MISMANAGED THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE DURING ENGINE START.

Other reports on N23WT · 1

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

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