# NTSB SEA83FA062: Cessna 150J, N60461, Glenns Ferry, ID, March 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1983, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Glenns Ferry, ID
- Coordinates: 43.090011, -115.369308 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0900&lon=-115.3693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83FA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA062

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - low pass - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60461-2013-07-23), registration cancelled 2013-07-23, S/N 15070324, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 4067
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830313007089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830313007089A), Mar 13, 1983: Cessna 150J, Glenns Ferry, ID, Destroyed. Collided with power lines while making a low pass into river gorge. Dove into ground with fatal impact.

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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