The Philly Streets and City Wide News

This video provides a rare glimpse into early response efforts in the immediate aftermath of an aviation accident. Be advised that although all graphic images have been redacted, discussion of the scene does take place.

On October 12, 2017 two men lost their lives when the single-engine Cessna they were flying crashed in a remote and mountainous area of DoÃ±a Ana County, about four miles northeast of the Las Cruces International Airport.

The men, David Glenn Hancock, 67, of El Paso, Texas, and instructor Morris Douglas Newton, 77, of Las Cruces, were the only occupants of the aircraft. Hancock was close to earning his pilotâ€™s license, and the pair had just taken off to perform a 30-minute night flight when they crashed. No significant information on the accident has been released by authorities.

Officials responded that night by helicopter, ATV, and on foot. As can be seen in this footage, the aircraft was still on fire when officers arrived and the scene was rapidly evolving.

The first half of the video contains subtitles.

~~~

/r/realworldpolice

@realworldpolice

~~~

Want to help make Real World Police happen and get rewarded for it? Become a Sergeant on Patreon today! Sergeants get access to:

-A growing library of more than sixty exclusive full-length Real World Police videos
-The Roadcam series
-Supporting documentation: police reports, court records, and other investigatory material
-Material from cases not shown on the main channel, like the arrest of Chris Hansen and the detention of T-Pain by TSA.
-Early access to some videos
-And more!

Get your fix today!

https://patreon.com/realworldpolice

Rather not?

No sweat! There are more than 700 free videos to enjoy âœŒï¸

** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **

22 thoughts on “Las Cruces Police Respond by Helicopter to Plane Crash in Rugged Terrain”

"brain matter….male or female. This one's obviously burned".

Dude. I have mad props to those who serve on the thin blue line. Some of the things you see as part of your job. Things you can't unsee……

My uncle was an LA county sheriff back in the 1960's thru 1980's and as a kid I remember finding copies of the CHP magazine on his coffee table and was blown away by the graphic pictures on the pages now everything is blurred out . Wonder what ever happened to that magazine .

why didnâ€™t they just use heat seeking device in chopper to search for victims prior to landing? Wasting valuable time searching while approaching in case someone had been alive

I hope people understand , any light joking or laughing you hear is not disrespect but a way to get through what they are seeing. They can not be forlorn and behave as if they are in the midst of a funeral. They have to compartmentalize it in some fashion. My grandfather is a first responder and one of the most loving people I know. Not just for our family but for everyone. He has seen some of the most horrendous scenes for decades and is not a hardened man to empathy and sadness for those who fall victim. And he gets the job done in the most respectful way he can.

May the God and Goddess bring comfort to the grieving friends and families of the victims. And thank you for being respectful by blacking out the remains.

Stupid

Lost my best friend in this crash. RIP Doug.

I think that today we are using the new word redacted too much, I would have preferred a non-redacted video.

Difficult to watch, especially without any explanation or commentary – only managed to watch an aggregate of a couple of minutes as I jumped forward to see if it improved – it didn't! If you can't be bother to add commentary I don't know why you'd waste your time uploading video that makes the Blair Witch Project look over-produced?

Nothing left my guess spatial disorientation with no horizon over non city dark terrain rolled it over went straight in low to the ground no time for CFI to recover it. Lot of times happens on first turn after take off. My wife knew a guy family who owned business's at the grand canyon he took off with his GF with only 120 hours and 13 hours at night from Grand Canyon after dark went in just like this guy NTSB report was spatial disorientation. Generally a CFI can keep this from happening if the aircraft is low and the PIC doesn't give up control right away get too far over not enough room to recover. Night flying is risky and unlike military there is no training for spatial disorientation for civilian pilots to teach them how to focus on the instruments and ignore what your feeling. Lot of times older people get vertigo easier, and this can make it feel different then your seeing. Some countries don't allow VFR night flying I think mexico is one of them can only be IFR which probably is smart way to go. If you over well lit city actually not that difficult get a nice horizon.

The area of the crash is very rugged. Probably impassable by anything but on foot. Rip to the victims. Hats off to the first responders.

Why were certain things blocked from being seen? There's clearly a dead body seen @2:28 so what else shouldn't we see?

This is sad. In 1988 I was stationed at Kirtland AFB at albqueque. I was one of the squadon helicoper mechanics. Came to work one day…a SAR mission for our missing flight line safty officer was being organized. The pilots did find the cessna he borrowed from the wing commander. It crashed into the only tree and he died on impact. He had flown from our base to phoenix then the next day flew back and encoutnered a severe line of thunderstorms "I witnessed the line and they were violent" he ran out of fuel and crashed into that only tree. Went to funeral and wife was balling her eyes out. But tell you what…there is a afterlife. If you love god you will see heaven. I am not saying this because of what I believe….but from the many people that I have interviewed with who had near death experiences and there souls went to the other side. Life is beautifully in the afterlife…just make sure you do the right thing on earth to earn it.