# Incident 20071118829529I: Beech A36, Brownsville, TX, November 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2007, 16:45 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville/South Padre Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9061° N, 97.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWNSVILLE/SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INTL (BRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9061&lon=-97.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071118829529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON IFR TO PORT ISABEL WHEN ON APPROACH THE GEAR FAILED TO COME DOWN AND PRODUCE THREE GREEN LIGHTS. UPON SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH NO ACTION HE NOTIFIED TOWER. THEY SENT HIM TO BROWNVILLE AIRPORT AT WHICH HE TRIED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PUMPED APPROX 100 TIMES, WITH STILL NO GREEN LIGHTS. HE PERFORMED A FLY BY FOR TOWER TO INSPECT. TOWER STATED THAT THE GEARS APPEARED TO BE DOWN, AFTER FOAM THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LANDING, AS SOON AS WEIGHT BEGAN TO BE ON THE GEARS ALL THREE COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO PROP STRIKE AND BELLY SCRAPING.

## Other reports on N6FB (1)

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

- [Incident 20081214853299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081214853299I), Dec 14, 2008: Beech A36 (N6FB), Jackson County, TX, Minor damage. Pilot experienced a loss of power and the engine began to run rough. Pilot made and emergency landing in a pasture off of fm 1683 in Jackson County, Texas.…

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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