# Accident 19760426018769A: Cessna 310Q, Rutland, VT, April 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1976
- Place: Rutland, VT
- Airport: Rutland State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 43.6097° N, 72.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rutland, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6097&lon=-72.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7696Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7696Q-1976-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 7,200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AM093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AM093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760426018769A

## Narrative

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

ACFT MISSING AFTER MISSED INSTRUMENT APRCH.FOUND ON 4/28/76 NR CREST OF MTN 5 MI EAST OF RUT.

## 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 NYC76AM093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AM093), Apr 26, 1976: Cessna 310 (N7696Q), Rutland, VT, 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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