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Police identify person killed in Los Altos Golf Course plane crash
Friday morning emergency landing attempt left another person critically injured
Deborah Rhinesmith, 63, of Wichita, Kansas, has been identified as the person who died in Friday’s plane crash at Los Altos Golf Course, which also left another passenger critically injured.
New Mexico State Police said Saturday it is not releasing the name of the second passenger, who was extricated and transported to University of New Mexico Hospital.
The single-engine Cessna 400 crashed on the golf course near Eubank and Interstate 40 in Northeast Albuquerque while attempting an emergency landing, authorities said Friday. It is unclear what forced the plane down.
The golf course shut down following the crash and will remain closed until further notice, a city spokesperson said.
The plane, registered in Kansas under the name COL4 Training LLC, was headed to Scottsdale, Arizona, after taking off earlier in the day from the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, authorities said.
Matthew Narvaiz can be reached at mnarvaiz@abqjournal.com.
