- Date
- August 6, 1984, 10:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N601SPCessna R172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16234
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After being airborne 1 hour and 10 minutes the traffic surviellance flt was cancelled. The plt transmitted to the policeunits on the ground that he would 'buzz' them as he left the area. During this pass the acft struck a high voltage transmission line 88.9 ft AGL. The acft impacted out of control in aprx 70 deg angle of bank 216 ft from the wire- strike. Most of the wreckage was consumed by post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601SP
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1720253
- Airframe hours
- 3,065
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Public use
- Operator
- New Mexico State Police
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 11, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- FMN · Farmington, NM
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,435 total · 2,121 in this make and model · 79 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN, 5 nm away