# Accident 19760218006329A: Cessna 320E, Sinclair, WY, February 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1976
- Place: Sinclair, WY
- Airport: Rawlins Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.7761° N, 107.1199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sinclair, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7761&lon=-107.1199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3440Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3440Q-1976-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,601 total, 271 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760218006329A

## Narrative

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

SNOW BEGAN 0817 LST.PEAK SURFACE WINDS 40KTS AT 0836 LST.ICE ACCUMULATED ON GROUND VECHICLES.

## 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 DEN76AD034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD034), Feb 18, 1976: Cessna 320E (N3440Q), Sinclair, WY, destroyed, 2 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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