- Date
- March 12, 1981
- Place
- Fort Sumner, NM · FORT SUMNER, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N61227Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810312009669A
- Case key
- 126496
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1359 81/3/12 FORT SUMNER,NM CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 515 TIME - 1930 N61227 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT SUMNER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHAMROCK,TX FORT SUMNER,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- DARK NGT,FEW SFC LITES.USE OF RADIO ACTIVATED RWY LITES UNK.ALCOHOL LVL,SPLINE TISSUE,147MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61227
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fort Sumner Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.