ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39720
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| Date: | Sunday 9 October 1983 |
| Time: | 00:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Jimmy Lee Edwards |
| Registration: | N4437T |
| MSN: | 34-7250095 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico, south of Corpus Christi, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Harlingen, Texas (HRL/KHRL) |
| Houston, Texas (AAP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED ON A FLIGHT OVER A PART OF THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IN AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE STORMS WERE DENSELY PACKED AND IT WAS CONSIDERED UNLIKELY THAT A VFR FLIGHT COULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE AREA. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH A FORMER INSTRUCTOR AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO WAS FLYING TO CORPUS CHRISTI IN A C-172. THE C-172 LANDED AT CORPUS CHRISTI DUE TO THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HAD LOST CONTACT WITH N4437T BEFORE LANDING.
A PART OF A WING IDENTIFIED AS HAVING COME FROM N4437T WAS PICKED UP BY A SHRIMP BOAT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSTED AS "MISSING". THE SEARCH BY THE CAP AND COAST GUARD FOUND NOTHING AND THE SEARCH WAS ENDED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER..CONTINUED..PILOT IN COMMAND
JUDGMENT..POOR..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors:
WEATHER CONDITION..THUNDERSTORM
WEATHER CONDITION..TURBULENCE(THUNDERSTORMS)
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW84LAMS1 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001214X44860&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4437T
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Nov-2016 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2016 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2016 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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