- Date
- April 26, 1976
- Place
- Rutland, VT · RUTLAND, VT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7696QCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760426018769A
- Case key
- 153753
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1423 76/4/26 RUTLAND,VT CESSNA 310 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 13000 TIME - 2126 N7696Q PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUTLAND STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISTON,ME RUTLAND,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACFT MISSING AFTER MISSED INSTRUMENT APRCH.FOUND ON 4/28/76 NR CREST OF MTN 5 MI EAST OF RUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7696Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rutland State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.