Date:	Sunday 17 January 1982
Time:	15:00
Type:	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
Owner/operator:	Aviation Services International Inc
Registration:	N9181Y
MSN:	31-240
Year of manufacture:	1968
Engine model:	Lycoming TIO-540A2C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	1/2 mile from Charles R Johnson Airport, Port Mansfield, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Illegal Flight
Departure airport:	Mexico?
Destination airport:	Charles R Johnson Airport, Port Mansfield, Texas (T05)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 12 AT CHARLES R JOHNSON AIRPORT, PORT MANSFIELD, WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS [AT APPROXIMATE CO ORDINATES 26°33′20″N 97°25′52″W]. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT "THE PLANE JUST FELL" WHILE THE PILOT WAS MAKING A SHARP TURN. AN ESTIMATED 1500 LBS OF MARIJUANA WAS ON BOARD.

THE NTSB REPORT ATTRIBUTES THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH TO TWO FACTORS
AIRSPEED..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
STALL..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND

1. NTSB Identification: FTW82FRG21 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X02142&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9181Y
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=218
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1982/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-port-mansfield-1-killed/]
5. https://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/accidents/20020917X02142.asp,https://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/accidents/20020917x02142.asp
6. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N9181Y/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
29-May-2015 03:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:23	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]
08-Nov-2022 02:33	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]