# Accident 19830902046369A: Cessna 421C, Port Lavaca, TX, September 2, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1983, 07:45 local time
- Place: Port Lavaca, TX
- Airport: Tanner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6099° N, 96.6191° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6099&lon=-96.6191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87546-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,340 total, 126 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830902046369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD LANDED AT THE WRONG AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND TOO LATE. STRUCK A FENCE AND TREES

## 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 FTW83LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA412), Sep 2, 1983: Cessna 421C (N87546), Port Lavaca, 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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