Albuquerque Journal; Albuquerque, New Mexico; 19 Sep 1966, Mon • Page 1
Plane Crash Kills Four
Hobbs Residents Took Off in Fog On Night Flight
Bodies of Two Men, Two Women Thrown From the Wreckage
HOBBS (AP) - Four Hobbs residents - two men and two women were killed late Saturday night in the wreckage of a light aircraft in level mesquite brush country of southeast New Mexico 13 miles west of Hobbs.
The Federal Aviation Agency said the wreckage of the Mooney Mark-1 single engine aircraft was not spotted until 10 a.m. Sunday by another Hobbs resident, Oscar Morrison.
The victims were identified by the FAA as Charles H. Ellison, 28, an FAA air traffic control specialist at the Lea County Airport; James Michael Barrett, 23; Mary Jannelle Hearn, 19; and Linda Lee Bennett Prideaux, 20.
FAA officials said a possible cause was foggy weather in the area shortly after the plane took off at 10 p.m. last night.
It was not known who was piloting the plane, the FAA said, because both Ellison and Barrett were experienced pilots.
The FAA said tape record Ings of conversations with the tower and the aircraft were being studied to determine who was piloting the plane.
One of the persons in the plane asked what weather conditions were at Carlsbad shortly after the plane was last seen. A few minutes later, the aircraft passed out of a five-mile communications zone.
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators were to arrive from Denver to launch a probe into the crash.
The Impact occurred about two miles north of US-180 towards Carlsbad.
FAA officials said that the wreckage of the red and white, 180-horsepower airplane, was scattered over a wide area and that the bodies had been thrown from the aircraft.
The engine was torn away from the rest of the plane after impact, officials said.
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Plane Crash Kills Four
Hobbs Residents Took Off in Fog On Night Flight
Bodies of Two Men, Two Women Thrown From the Wreckage
HOBBS (AP) - Four Hobbs residents - two men and two women were killed late Saturday night in the wreckage of a light aircraft in level mesquite brush country of southeast New Mexico 13 miles west of Hobbs.
The Federal Aviation Agency said the wreckage of the Mooney Mark-1 single engine aircraft was not spotted until 10 a.m. Sunday by another Hobbs resident, Oscar Morrison.
The victims were identified by the FAA as Charles H. Ellison, 28, an FAA air traffic control specialist at the Lea County Airport; James Michael Barrett, 23; Mary Jannelle Hearn, 19; and Linda Lee Bennett Prideaux, 20.
FAA officials said a possible cause was foggy weather in the area shortly after the plane took off at 10 p.m. last night.
It was not known who was piloting the plane, the FAA said, because both Ellison and Barrett were experienced pilots.
The FAA said tape record Ings of conversations with the tower and the aircraft were being studied to determine who was piloting the plane.
One of the persons in the plane asked what weather conditions were at Carlsbad shortly after the plane was last seen. A few minutes later, the aircraft passed out of a five-mile communications zone.
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators were to arrive from Denver to launch a probe into the crash.
The Impact occurred about two miles north of US-180 towards Carlsbad.
FAA officials said that the wreckage of the red and white, 180-horsepower airplane, was scattered over a wide area and that the bodies had been thrown from the aircraft.
The engine was torn away from the rest of the plane after impact, officials said.
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Cemetery plot suggested on 18 Mar 2022 by Sara Campbell; FIND A GRAVE ID 49426507
Albuquerque Journal; Albuquerque, New Mexico; 19 Sep 1966, Mon • Page 1
Plane Crash Kills Four
Hobbs Residents Took Off in Fog On Night Flight
Bodies of Two Men, Two Women Thrown From the Wreckage
HOBBS (AP) - Four Hobbs residents - two men and two women were killed late Saturday night in the wreckage of a light aircraft in level mesquite brush country of southeast New Mexico 13 miles west of Hobbs.
The Federal Aviation Agency said the wreckage of the Mooney Mark-1 single engine aircraft was not spotted until 10 a.m. Sunday by another Hobbs resident, Oscar Morrison.
The victims were identified by the FAA as Charles H. Ellison, 28, an FAA air traffic control specialist at the Lea County Airport; James Michael Barrett, 23; Mary Jannelle Hearn, 19; and Linda Lee Bennett Prideaux, 20.
FAA officials said a possible cause was foggy weather in the area shortly after the plane took off at 10 p.m. last night.
It was not known who was piloting the plane, the FAA said, because both Ellison and Barrett were experienced pilots.
The FAA said tape record Ings of conversations with the tower and the aircraft were being studied to determine who was piloting the plane.
One of the persons in the plane asked what weather conditions were at Carlsbad shortly after the plane was last seen. A few minutes later, the aircraft passed out of a five-mile communications zone.
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators were to arrive from Denver to launch a probe into the crash.
The Impact occurred about two miles north of US-180 towards Carlsbad.
FAA officials said that the wreckage of the red and white, 180-horsepower airplane, was scattered over a wide area and that the bodies had been thrown from the aircraft.
The engine was torn away from the rest of the plane after impact, officials said.
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Cemetery plot suggested on 18 Mar 2022 by Sara Campbell; FIND A GRAVE ID 49426507
Plane Crash Kills Four
Hobbs Residents Took Off in Fog On Night Flight
Bodies of Two Men, Two Women Thrown From the Wreckage
HOBBS (AP) - Four Hobbs residents - two men and two women were killed late Saturday night in the wreckage of a light aircraft in level mesquite brush country of southeast New Mexico 13 miles west of Hobbs.
The Federal Aviation Agency said the wreckage of the Mooney Mark-1 single engine aircraft was not spotted until 10 a.m. Sunday by another Hobbs resident, Oscar Morrison.
The victims were identified by the FAA as Charles H. Ellison, 28, an FAA air traffic control specialist at the Lea County Airport; James Michael Barrett, 23; Mary Jannelle Hearn, 19; and Linda Lee Bennett Prideaux, 20.
FAA officials said a possible cause was foggy weather in the area shortly after the plane took off at 10 p.m. last night.
It was not known who was piloting the plane, the FAA said, because both Ellison and Barrett were experienced pilots.
The FAA said tape record Ings of conversations with the tower and the aircraft were being studied to determine who was piloting the plane.
One of the persons in the plane asked what weather conditions were at Carlsbad shortly after the plane was last seen. A few minutes later, the aircraft passed out of a five-mile communications zone.
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators were to arrive from Denver to launch a probe into the crash.
The Impact occurred about two miles north of US-180 towards Carlsbad.
FAA officials said that the wreckage of the red and white, 180-horsepower airplane, was scattered over a wide area and that the bodies had been thrown from the aircraft.
The engine was torn away from the rest of the plane after impact, officials said.
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Cemetery plot suggested on 18 Mar 2022 by Sara Campbell; FIND A GRAVE ID 49426507
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