# Accident 19810718045899A: Cessna 337B, Pampa, TX, July 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pampa, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5479° N, 100.9650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pampa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5479&lon=-100.9650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2316S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2316S-1982-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337B (registry code 2075706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810718045899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 FTW81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA122), Jul 18, 1981: Cessna 337 (N2316S), Pampa, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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