- Date
- April 13, 1981
- Place
- Palacios, TX · PALACIOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N62831Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810413016019A
- Case key
- 125258
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1994 81/4/13 NR.PALACIOS,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 30680 TIME - 1945 N62831 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- PLT FND,4/14/81,SHORELINE,MATAGORDA BAY.ACFT PARTS FND IN BAY,JUL/AUG 81.DOZED PREV FLT.DIABETIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62831
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.