# Accident 19760323018729A: Cessna 402B, Giddings, TX, March 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1976
- Place: Giddings, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.1837° N, 96.9280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Giddings, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1837&lon=-96.9280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69314, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69314-1976-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,495 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760323018729A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO KNOWN POOR WEA COND.

## 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 FTW76AF077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF077), Mar 23, 1976: Cessna 402B (N69314), Giddings, TX, 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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