# Accident 19881016069759A: Piper PA31350, Edinburg, TX, October 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1988, 16:35 local time
- Place: Edinburg, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ORVA
- Location: 26.3017° N, 98.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edinburg, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3017&lon=-98.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91BB-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,925 total, 195 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016069759A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER BOTH ENGINES. LANDED GEAR UP ON A ROAD AND AIRCRAFT BURNED. FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED. FAILED TO LOWER GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA007), Oct 16, 1988: Piper PA-31-350 (N91BB), Edinburg, TX, destroyed

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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