# Accident 19810515069399A: Cessna 337A, Evant, TX, May 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Evant, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4768° N, 98.1504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evant, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4768&lon=-98.1504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6345F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6345F-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337A (registry code 2075704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,789 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515069399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD.  THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED AT APPROXIMATE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA089), May 15, 1981: Cessna 337A (N6345F), Evant, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N6345F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800715061149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800715061149I), Jul 15, 1980: Cessna 337A (N6345F), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Cause undetermined.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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