# Accident 19810417020579A: Piper PA12, Port Oconnor, TX, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Port Oconnor, TX
- Airport: Matagorda Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4460° N, 96.4201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port O'Connor, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4460&lon=-96.4201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2851M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2851M-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 625 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417020579A

## Narrative

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

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT ON A BEACH NEAR AN ABANDONED AFB RUNWAY. MAY HAVE BEEN STUNTING AT A LOW ALTITUDE.

## 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 FTW81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA072), Apr 17, 1981: Piper PA-12 (N2851M), Port O'Connor, 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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