# Accident 19811003065089A: Cessna T337B, Port Isabel, TX, October 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Airport: Cameron Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1662° N, 97.3459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMERON COUNTY (PIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1662&lon=-97.3459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670AL-2014-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337B (registry code 2075707, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,244 total, 50 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811003065089A

## Narrative

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

FRONT ENGINE QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF, SWITCHED TANKS. REAR ENGINE LOST POWER.  FUEL FOUND IN MAIN TANK.

## 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 FTW82FRG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG01), Oct 3, 1981: Cessna T337B (N670AL), Port Isabel, TX, substantial damage

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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