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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 23BEECH · Fountain, CO · February 26, 1980

Date
February 26, 1980 · 23:30 local
Place
Fountain, CO
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N24628
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FTE30
Reported as
Beech 23BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
355 total33 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airplane struck powerline and crashed out of control. Powerline had severed aircraft's rudder.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE STRUCK POWERLINE AND CRASHED OUT OF CONTROL. POWERLINE HAD SEVERED AIRCRAFT'S RUDDER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.