# Accident 19990622007259A: Keen Terrell W GLASAIR-KEEN, Albany, TX, June 22, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1999, 21:50 local time
- Place: Albany, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 32.7273° N, 99.2957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7273&lon=-99.2957&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233TK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233TK-2000-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Keen Terrell W GLASAIR-KEEN (registry code 05655PC, https://openairdocs.org/model/keen-terrell-w-glasair-keen) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622007259A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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