# Accident 19960813022479A: Cessna TR182, Port Isabel, TX, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 18:22 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Airport: Port Isabel/ Cameron County Ar
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0693° N, 97.2193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0693&lon=-97.2193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6316T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6316T-2000-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813022479A

## Narrative

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

FLEW UNDER A BRIDGE TURNED TO REPEAT SAME. HIT BRIDGE ABUTMENT 8FT ABOVE LAKE LEVEL. COCAINE ALCOHOL IN PILOT. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH A PILLAR OF THE QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY (BRIDGE) CONNECTING THE CITY OF PORT ISABEL AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.

## 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 FTW96LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA344), Aug 13, 1996: Cessna TR182 (N6316T), Port Isabel, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: pilot impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol and drugs, and failure of the pilot(s) to maintain obstacle clearance, during an intentional low altitude flight manueuver (low pass under…

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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