# Incident 20040416009319I: Cessna 150M, La Luz, NM, April 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2004, 16:00 local time
- Place: La Luz, NM
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9716° N, 105.9397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Luz, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9716&lon=-105.9397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3475V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3475V) (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 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416009319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 16, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 MDT, N3475V, A CE-150-M, WAS ENROUTE FROM PORTALES, NM TO ALAMOGORDO, NM MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE CLOSED PRIVATE AIRPORT AT LA LUZ, NM. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT REVEALED THAT WHILE HE WAS OVERFLYING HIS PARENTS HOUSE LETTING THEM KNOW TO PICK HIM UP AT THE AIRPORT, THAT HE MUST HAVE BUMPED THE FUEL SELECTOR WITH HIS FOOT TO THE OFF POSITION. THIS CAUSED HIS ENGINE TO QUIT.

## Other reports on N3475V (1)

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

- [Accident 19880829035749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880829035749A), Aug 29, 1988: Cessna 150M (N3475V), Reeds Spring, MO, Substantial damage. Was observed buzzing a lake. Struck a powerline and crashed in lake. CFI had failed three prior CFI flight tests.

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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