Cessna A185F N6102E

Summary

On 30 July 1984 at about 06:30 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N6102E, operated by JAY Miller, was involved in an accident near Del Rio, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 July 1984 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Del Rio, Texas, United States

Coordinates

29.3710, -100.8899

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N6102E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

JAY Miller

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Del Rio → Ozona

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW84FA331

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT TOOK OF AT NIGHT APPROXIMATELY 30 MIN PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. GROUND SCARS INDICATED THAT THE ACFT IMPACTED THE CREST OF A ROCKY HILL WHILE IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 1750 FT. THE ACFT WAS DEMOLISHED BY IMPACT & FIRE. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. LOCAL RESIDENTS STATED THAT THE SKY WAS VERY DARK WITH A LIGHT OVERCAST & NO MOON.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.