Cessna 182M N71074 accident near Los Alamos, New Mexico, December 31, 2024
Cessna 182M, registration N71074, operated by FRONT ROW LLC, was involved in an accident near Los Alamos, New Mexico on December 31, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case WPR25LA076 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 8 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 11,000 ft. The last recorded position was at 20:08 UTC, at 9,200 ft and 0 knots, about 22 km from Los Alamos Arpt (KLAM).
The nearest weather report, from KLAM (22 km away), showed wind 180° at 12 knots gusting 19, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna 182M registered in United States (Mode S A97F77).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- December 31, 2024
- Location
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182M
- Registration
- N71074
- Operator
- FRONT ROW LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- WPR25LA076 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Los Alamos Arpt (KLAM)
- Recorded flight
- 8 min, max 11,000 ft
- Last recorded position
- 20:08 UTC, 9,200 ft, 0 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case WPR25LA076; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.