Cessna T337B N2349S

Summary

On 22 May 1982 at about 03:42 local time, a Cessna T337B registered N2349S, operated by Gordon Moore, was involved in an accident near San Angelo, 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

22 May 1982 at 03:42

Classification

Accident

Location

San Angelo, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna T337B

Registration

N2349S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Gordon Moore

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Angelo → Austin

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW82FQG18

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

AT APPRX 2015 CDT, THE PLT CALLED THE SAN ANGELO TOWER AND EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT HIS ACFT MIGHT BE DAMAGED BY HAIL FROM THE WX THAT WAS BLDG IN THE AREA, TOWER PSNL RELAYED AVAILABLE WX INFO & PROVIDED PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE WX BUREAU & A LOCAL FSS. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CONCHO VALLEY, ALSO, THERE WAS A SVR THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COKE COUNTY UNTIL 2300 CDT. AT ABOUT THE TIME THE PLT ARRIVED AT THE ARPT, TSTMS WERE BLDG TO THE NORTH. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PLT HURRIEDLY STARTED THE ACFT, TAXIED & TKOF, THEN DEPARTED TO THE EAST. AN AIRLINE AIRCREW ONSVD HVY TSTMS, PRECIPITATION & LIGHTNING EAST OF THE ARPT. A WITNESS EAST OF THE ARPT OBSVD THE ACFT BOUNCING IN TURBL AS IT WENT OVR HIS HOME. HE STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS HEADED TWD WX THAT HAD JUST PASSED. ANOTHER WITNESS SAW THE AIRCRAFT TURN BACK TWD THE ARPT, THEN DESCEND UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BHND TREES. THE ACFT CRASHED AT NGT IN A LEVEL, WOODED AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.