# Accident 19760329022579A: Cessna 340A, Ruidoso, NM, March 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1976
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Ruidoso Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.3495° N, 105.6688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ruidoso, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3495&lon=-105.6688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4098L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4098L-1976-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,056 total, 336 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760329022579A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 3/30/76.

## 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 DEN76AD046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD046), Mar 29, 1976: Cessna 340 (N4098L), Ruidoso, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N4098L (1)

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

- [Accident 19730518013359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730518013359A), May 18, 1973: Cessna 340CESSNA (N4098L), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Checkout flt in type acft. Hit hard & bounced off rwy. Dmgd prop tips & r wg.PIC not a CFI.

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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