19881206071219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150J · Thoreau, NM · December 6, 1988

Date
December 6, 1988 · 10:45 local
Place
Thoreau, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61022
Reported as
Cessna 150J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
470 total50 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck highline while flying at low altitude. Landed on highway. Windshield had broken out on impact.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGHLINE WHILE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. WINDSHIELD HAD BROKEN OUT ON IMPACT.