19801011058099A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Prue Superstd · Alamogordo, NM · October 11, 1980

Date
October 11, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Alamogordo, NM
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N86676
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DQD02
Reported as
Prue Superstd
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
411 total306 in this make and model28 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.

Followed deer up a blind canyon. Ran out of airspace and room to turn around. Struck side of canyon.

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWED DEER UP A BLIND CANYON. RAN OUT OF AIRSPACE AND ROOM TO TURN AROUND. STRUCK SIDE OF CANYON.

NTSB investigation

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