Cessna 320E N3440Q

18 February 1976 · Sinclair, Wyoming, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 18 February 1976 at about 08:45 local time, a Cessna 320E registered N3440Q, operated by Accent Aviatio, was involved in an accident during in flight near Sinclair, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 February 1976 at 08:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Sinclair, Wyoming, United States
Nearest airport: Rawlins Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 320E
Registration: N3440Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Accent Aviatio
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Cheyenne, Wy → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0518

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SNOW BEGAN 0817 LST.PEAK SURFACE WINDS 40KTS AT 0836 LST.ICE ACCUMULATED ON GROUND VECHICLES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0518, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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