# Accident 19761116037719A: Cessna 310, Black Mountain, NC, November 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1976
- Place: Black Mountain, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.6147° N, 82.3255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Black Mountain, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6147&lon=-82.3255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3625D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,796 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761116037719A

## Narrative

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

INSUFFICIENT R/C TO AVOID RISING TRRN.MTN IN CLDS.

## 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 IAD77FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA013), Nov 16, 1976: Cessna 310 (N3625D), Black Mountain, NC, destroyed, 3 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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