# Accident 19810413016019A: Piper PA23250, Palacios, TX, April 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1981, 19:45 local time
- Place: Palacios, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7131° N, 96.2279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palacios, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7131&lon=-96.2279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62831, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62831-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,680 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810413016019A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE DIVED INTO GULF AT HIGH VELOCITY. DEPLANED PASSENGER REPORTS PILOT FATIGUE. SON SAID FATHER HAD DIABETES.

## 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 FTW81FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA111), Apr 13, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N62831), Palacios, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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