# Accident 19771205039779A: Cessna 310, Wharton, TX, December 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1977
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Airport: Wharton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 29.2543° N, 96.1544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHARTON RGNL (ARM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2543&lon=-96.1544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3000D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3000D-1978-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771205039779A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA015), Dec 5, 1977: Cessna 310 (N3000D), Wharton, TX, 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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