19810128003359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Alamosa, CO · January 28, 1981

Date: January 28, 1981 · 10:30 local
Place: Alamosa, CO
Airport: Van Treese
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6609L
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN81FTE19
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 100 total86 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N6609LRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7409110 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Struck powerline. Impact tore off part of left wing. Airplane stalled. Veartical impact.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWERLINE. IMPACT TORE OFF PART OF LEFT WING. AIRPLANE STALLED. VEARTICAL IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB DEN81FTE19Accident · 1 fatalClosedAlamosa, COJan 28, 1981 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6609L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19951006039849IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tucson, AZNarrative: while landing at the ktus on runway 11R pilot was visibly aware of a Lockheed constellation, #vh-eag, holding for a clearance on taxiway A8 between runways 11R and 11L after touching down in a wheel landing configuration and slowing to below flying…Oct 6, 1995 · Minor damage