# Accident 19820827042659A: Cessna 150, La Plata, NM, August 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1982, 15:45 local time
- Place: La Plata, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8964° N, 108.2001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Plata, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8964&lon=-108.2001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3251V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3251V-2012-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 76 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820827042659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT HIT POWERLINE AND CRASHED DURING LOW LEVEL FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW82FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA26), Aug 27, 1982: Cessna 150 (N3251V), La Plata, NM, destroyed

## Other reports on N3251V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780325010329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325010329I), Mar 25, 1978: Cessna 150 (N3251V), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. Student pilot lost control after touchdown in a touch and go operation.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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