# Accident 19760427014489A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Laramie, WY, April 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1976
- Place: Laramie, WY
- Airport: General Brees
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.3118° N, 105.6065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laramie, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3118&lon=-105.6065&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69498, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69498-1976-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,349 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760427014489A

## Narrative

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

OBS REPTD WEA MARGINAL IN ACCDT QUADRANT. ACFT BANKED L,ANGLE INCR NR VERTICAL.

## 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 DEN76AD048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD048), Apr 27, 1976: Cessna 340 (N69498), Laramie, 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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