# Incident 20250901013599I: Beech 76, Brownsville, TX, September 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2025, 16:33 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Borwnsville/South Padre Intern
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N2013V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2013V-2026-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 15 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/20250901013599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THA HE WAS TAKING AIRPLANE FROM X26 TO KBRO. HAD 2 FUEL STOPS AND KBRO AS FINAL DESTINATION. WHEN COMING IN TO LAND WAS GIVEN AN EXTENDED LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 13. PRE-LANDING CHECK LIST COMPLETED GEAR DOWN AND CONFIRMED 3 GREEN. TURNED FINAL DID GUMPS CHECK AND CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR DOWN WITH 3 GREEN. SHORT FINAL GUMPS LANDING GEAR DOWN AND 3 GREEN. MADE THE RUNWAY BROUGHT THROTTLES TO IDLE JOINED GROUND EFFECT AND TOUCHDOWN. ROLLED FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS AND LANDING GEAR HORN CAME ON. AT THAT POINT, THE RIGHT WING SLOWLY DROPPING, HITTING THE GROUND AND BRINGING THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ALTHOUGH HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKES, THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING AN AIRPORT LIGHT. AFTER IT STOPPED, HE PULLED ALL THE LEVERS BACK TO CUT THE FUEL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF A FIRE. PILOT DECLARED THE EMERGENCY TO THE TOWER AND REQUESTED A FIRETRUCK.

DUE TO UNKWOWN REASONS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  AFTER RECORDS REVIEW, FOUND THIS AIRCRAFT IS AFFECTED BY FAA AD 2021-08-06, NEEDING TO BE COMPLETED EVERY 12 MONTHS OR 100 FLIGHT HOURS. PER BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL, FOUND STATEMENT ON CHAPTER 32 THAT STATES WHENEVER THE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM IS REMOVED OR DISCONNECTED, THE LANDING GEAR SHOULD BE CHECKED TO SEE THAT THE SYSTEM IS PROPERLY RIGGED.

NOTE: CAUSE OF GEAR COLLAPSE IS UNKWOWN AT THIS TIME. MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING.

## Other reports on N2013V (1)

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

- [Incident 20061101024719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061101024719I), Nov 1, 2006: Beech 76 (N2013V), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. (-23) On takeoff roll the nose gear retracted into gearwell and left main gear started to retract. Propellers contacted runway surface before engine and were…

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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