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FAA accident report · Keen Terrell W GLASAIR-KEEN · Albany, TX · June 22, 1999

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Date
June 22, 1999 · 21:50 local
Place
Albany, TX
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N233TK
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
N233TKRegistration cancelled Jun 1, 2000 · Keen Terrell W GLASAIR-KEENS/N 233KAirframe modelKeen Terrell W GLASAIR-KEEN

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What happened

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

Acft crashed after striking high-tension power lines, the pilot/sole occupant suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed. (-23)on June 19, 1999, approx. 2150 CDT, privacy data omitted a witness to this accident, stated she saw an aircraft flying very low and parallel to the direction she was driving (northeast bound). She stated she saw a green light and the landing light illuminated. Suddenly the aircraft lights pitched vertically and then she saw various colors of red, green and white, spiraling to the ground. She reported it to the sheriff's office in Albany, Texas. Wreckage was found the next morning. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, privacy data omitted was fatally injured. The aircraft, N233TK, a keen glasair, an experimental category type, which was demolished, was found approximately 100 yards east of high tension power lines and tower number 61. Investigation revealed scuff mark signatures on various exterior fuselage section and the vertical fin. Windshield parts were located approximately 50 yards from underneath the power lines and the main part of the wreckage. Remains of the pilot were scattered around the main port ion of the wreckage.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT CRASHED AFTER STRIKING HIGH-TENSION POWER LINES, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (-23)ON JUNE 19, 1999, APPROX. 2150 CDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ A WITNESS TO THIS ACCIDENT, STATED SHE SAW AN AIRCRAFT FLYING VERY LOW AND PARALLEL TO THE DIRECTION SHE WAS DRIVING (NORTHEAST BOUND). SHE STATED SHE SAW A GREEN LIGHT AND THE LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SUDDENLY THE AIRCRAFT LIGHTS PITCHED VERTICALLY AND THEN SHE SAW VARIOUS COLORS OF RED, GREEN AND WHITE, SPIRALING TO THE GROUND. SHE REPORTED IT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN ALBANY, TEXAS. WRECKAGE WAS FOUND THE NEXT MORNING. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT, N233TK, A KEEN GLASAIR, AN EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY TYPE, WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED, WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS EAST OF HIGH TENSION POWER LINES AND TOWER NUMBER 61. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SCUFF MARK SIGNATURES ON VARIOUS EXTERIOR FUSELAGE SECTION AND THE VERTICAL FIN. WINDSHIELD PARTS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS FROM UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES AND THE MAIN PART OF THE WRECKAGE. REMAINS OF THE PILOT WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE MAIN PORT ION OF THE WRECKAGE.