Cessna 150J N60461

Summary

On 13 March 1983 at about 21:40 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N60461 was involved in an accident near Glenns Ferry, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 March 1983 at 21:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Glenns Ferry, Idaho, United States

Coordinates

43.0900, -115.3693

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N60461

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mountain Home → Twin Falls

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83FA062

1 person died.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED DURING A LOW PASS WHILE IT WAS BEING DELIVERED TO A REPAIR STATION. THE PILOT WAS FLYING LOW TO KEEP PACE WITH HIS WIFE WHO WAS FOLLOWING IN A CAR TO TRANSPORT THE PILOT AFTER LANDING. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT MAKING ORBITAL PASSES OVER THE SNAKE RIVER. ON THE FINAL PASS, THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO THE RIVER CANYON AND COLLIDED WITH UNMARKED POWERLINES SPAWNING THE GORGE AT A HEIGHT OF 116 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. THE ACFT FELL ONTO THE GRAVEL BALLAST OF THE TRACK BED OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD WHICH PARALLELED THE RIVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.