# Accident 19810906062229A: Cessna 421C, Crystal City, TX, September 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1981, 15:15 local time
- Place: Crystal City, TX
- Airport: H And F Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6907° N, 99.8271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6907&lon=-99.8271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N448-1988-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRG65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906062229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN ATTEMPTING TO TAXI THROUGH HANGAR ALLOWED WING TIP TO HIT SIDE OF HANGAR.

## 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 FTW81DRG65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG65), Sep 6, 1981: Cessna 421B (N448), Crystal City, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N448 (2)

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

- [Accident 19870724037799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724037799A), Jul 24, 1987: Cessna 421C (N448), Crystal City, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tried to land in a strong tailwind saw error but struck a hangar trying to go around. Pilot was trapped in wreck.
- [Accident 19830107014099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830107014099A), Jan 7, 1983: Cessna 421C (N448), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. After ILS approach to minimums, pilot allowed aircraft to make hard landing,blowing out left tire,ran off runway.

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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