# Accident 19850803038979A: Namer AT6, Port Isabel, TX, August 3, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1985, 17:30 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Airport: Cameron Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced 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: N4434N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4434N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American AT-6C(SNJ-4) (registry code 6400449, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6c-snj-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER AT6
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,815 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850803038979A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER, AIRCRAFT VIBRATED BADLY. HIT SHORT, CARTWHEELED. CYLINDER HEADS CRACKED. SEPARATED FROM BARRELS.

## 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 FTW85LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA294), Aug 3, 1985: North American AT-6 (N4434N), 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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