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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA31 · Port Mansfield, TX · January 17, 1982

Date
January 17, 1982 · 15:00 local
Place
Port Mansfield, TX
Airport
Port Mansfield
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9181Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82FRG21
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stalled during steep turns in pattern. Impact vertical in level attitude. Illegal marijuana on board.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED DURING STEEP TURNS IN PATTERN. IMPACT VERTICAL IN LEVEL ATTITUDE. ILLEGAL MARIJUANA ON BOARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.