Plane Crash List

Cessna 150 N3251V

27 August 1982 · La Plata, New Mexico, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 27 August 1982 at about 21:55 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N3251V, operated by JOE Rixon SR., was involved in an accident near La Plata, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:55
Classification
Accident
Location
La Plata, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 150
Registration
N3251V
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
JOE Rixon SR.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Farmington → Farmington
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW82FQA26

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 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

ACFT STRUCK A POWER LINE WHICH CROSSED A ROAD AT ABOUT 40 FT AGL. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE IN THE AREA PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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