- Date
- March 13, 1983, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Glenns Ferry, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N60461Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830313007089A
- Case key
- 39602
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with wires and crashed during a low pass while it was being delivered to a repair station. The pilot was flying low to keep pace with his wife who was following in a car to transport the pilot after landing. Witnesses observed the acft making orbital passes over the snake river. On the final pass, the acft descended into the river canyon and collided with unmarked powerlines spawning the gorge at a height of 116 feet above the river. The acft fell onto the gravel ballast of the track bed of the union pacific railroad which paralleled the river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60461
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 4,067
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- K&7 Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1982 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- U76 · Mountain Home, ID
- Destination
- TWFA · Twin Falls, ID
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MUO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.