# Accident 19761205042329A: Cessna 310, Bronte, TX, December 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1976
- Place: Bronte, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.8861° N, 100.2951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bronte, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8861&lon=-100.2951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5204A-1983-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,600 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761205042329A

## Narrative

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

PIC CHOSE NOT TO LAND AT A CONTROLLED A/P WHICH WAS IFR, CONTINUED ON TOWARD UNCONTROLLED STRIP.

## 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 FTW77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA018), Dec 5, 1976: Cessna 310 (N5204A), Bronte, TX, 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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