# Incident 19810724053859I: Cessna 421C, St Louis, MO, July 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67943-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,376 total, 130 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810724053859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED LIGHTNING STRIKE WHILE CIRCUMNAVIGATING THUNDERSTORMS.

## Other reports on N67943 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830318008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830318008829A), Mar 18, 1983: Cessna 421C (N67943), Gunnison, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft shuddered on liftoff. Pilot aborted takeoff. Overran departure end into a ditch. Possible slush icing.

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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