# Accident 19810128003359A: Piper PA18150, Alamosa, CO, January 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Alamosa, CO
- Airport: Van Treese
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6583° N, 106.0339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN TREESE (0CO9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6583&lon=-106.0339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6609L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6609L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 86 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128003359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81FTE19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE19), Jan 28, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N6609L), Alamosa, CO, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6609L (1)

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

- [Incident 19951006039849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951006039849I), Oct 6, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N6609L), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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