N817G

On September 13, 1980 at 10:00 PM, N817G experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 65 Queen Air, operated by Seaback Homes, with the event recorded near Mission Texas.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot was completing a drug smuggling flight and elected to land by night and a farm road located in Mission, Texas, when the airplane struck a van and crashed. It was later deliberately set on fire and the pilot was not found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N817G, MSN LC-31, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.9349°, -95.7403°.