# Accident 19760403007359A: Cessna 310P, Willard, OH, April 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1976
- Place: Willard, OH
- Airport: Willard Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.0519° N, 82.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willard, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0519&lon=-82.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5779M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5779M-1991-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,293 total, 180 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEI25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760403007359A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 25 KTS.

## 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 CHI76FEI25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI25), Apr 3, 1976: Cessna 310P (N5779M), Willard, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5779M (1)

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

- [Accident 19871012063169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871012063169A), Oct 12, 1987: Cessna 310P (N5779M), Bay St Louis, MS, Substantial damage. Hit a ditch and collapsed the landing gear while taxiing on a grass strip at 65MPH. Aircraft was siezed by customs.

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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