Cessna 340 crash, Apr 19, 2021 (1 killed), Tatum
Cessna 340 accident on April 19, 2021 near Tatum, Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot lost control of the airplane for reasons the...
- Date: April 19, 2021
- Aircraft: Cessna 340
- Location: Tatum, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot lost control of the airplane for reasons the investigation could not determine.
A Cessna 340A took off from Longview on a test flight to check a newly upgraded autopilot. About six minutes later radio and radar contact was lost, and the airplane hit wooded terrain in a near vertical nose down attitude near Tatum, Texas. The pilot was killed and a post impact fire consumed most of the wreckage.