- Date
- October 15, 1984, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Mansfield, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N66CFPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841015056309A
- Case key
- 21498
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft crashed in a marsh area during a night recurrency training flt. Acft appeared to have contacted the terrain in an uncontrolled 90 deg left bank. PIC received his last medical certificate on 5/7/70. Investigation disclosed PIC was under medication for advanced case of sugar diabetes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66CF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1922
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-C1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. H. Vieh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
- Destination
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HRL, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.