Plane Crash List

Cessna 172H N2896L

14 April 1986 · Crossroads, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 April 1986 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 172H registered N2896L was involved in an accident near Crossroads, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Crossroads, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
33.5107, -103.3299
Aircraft
Cessna 172H
Registration
N2896L
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Ferry
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Portles → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN86LA117

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNDERFLY POWERLINES OVER A PUBLIC ROAD DURING LANDING, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED AN UNSEEN WIRE AND CRASHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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