# Accident 19841015056309A: Piper PA30, Port Mansfield, TX, October 15, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1984, 12:19 local time
- Place: Port Mansfield, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5500° N, 97.4290° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5500&lon=-97.4290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66CF-1985-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320C1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841015056309A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED AT NIGHT IN MARSHY AREA. AIRCRAFT TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. PILOT HAD ADVANCED DIABETES. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## 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 FTW85FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA015), Oct 15, 1984: Piper PA-30 (N66CF), Port Mansfield, TX, destroyed, 2 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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