# Accident 19761220040649A: Cessna 340A, Belle Vernon, PA, December 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1976
- Place: Belle Vernon, PA
- Airport: Rostraver
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.2097° N, 79.8314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSTRAVER (FWQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2097&lon=-79.8314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1388G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 673 total, 108 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FGM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FGM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761220040649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY ICING ENROUTE. WIND GUSTING 18 KTS. STRUCTURAL DMG.

## 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 NYC77FGM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FGM07), Dec 20, 1976: Cessna 340 (N1388G), Belle Vernon, PA, substantial damage

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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