NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW82FQG18
Registry · N2349S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 421C
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19811026
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A21B00
Registrant of record
AJS AVIATION LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual 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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1982_FTW82FQG18.txt.
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2024 · Journal article (IJAAA)
The Impact of Thunderstorms on Take-off Data in South Africa
Aviation and meteorology are entwined disciplines, as aviation occurs in the atmosphere. Prevailing weather conditions at take-off are of utmost importance to aviation.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Thunderstorm hazards flight research: Storm hazards 1980 overview
A highly instrumented NASA F-106B aircraft, modified for the storm hazards mission and protected against direct lightning strikes, was used in conjunction with various ground based radar and lightning…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Proceedings
Operational evaluation of thunderstorm penetration test flights during project Storm Hazards '80
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is conducting a research project called Storm Hazards '80 in order to study the prediction, detectability and avoidance of the hazards of severe storm…
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Nowcasting Thunderstorm Anvil Clouds Over KSC/CCAFS
Electrified thunderstorm anvil clouds extend the threat of natural and triggered lightning to space launch and landing operations far beyond the immediate vicinity of thunderstorm cells.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
An Examination of Aviation Accidents Associated with Turbulence, Wind Shear and Thunderstorm
The focal point of the study reported here was the definition and examination of turbulence, wind shear and thunderstorm in relation to aviation accidents.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Observations of severe turbulence near thunderstorm tops
Data derived from the flight tapes of two airliners that experienced severe turbulence near thunderstorm tops are used to produce quantitative descriptions of the turbulence and its environment.
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