# NTSB FTW81FA047: Cessna 150, N61227, Fort Sumner, NM, March 12, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1981
- Place: Fort Sumner, NM · FORT SUMNER, NM
- Location: 34.4868° N, 104.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Sumner, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4868&lon=-104.2178&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 31, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126496
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81FA047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA047

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61227-1991-05-03), registration cancelled 1991-05-03, S/N 15070900 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fort Sumner Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810312009669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810312009669A), Mar 12, 1981: Cessna 150J, Ft Sumner, NM, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed after entering pattern for landing. Conditions were dark night.

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.

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