# Incident 19880106010699I: Doug DC3A, Brownsville, TX, January 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1988, 21:50 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: HJZB
- 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: N23WT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23WT-1999-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3A (registry code 3021433, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880106010699I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19960620014559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960620014559A), Jun 20, 1996: Doug DC3A (N23WT), Conroe, TX, Destroyed. Crashed on takeoff in the front yard of a house, burned. (.4)during initial takeoff climb the copilot who was manipulating the controls called for meto…

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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