- Date
- March 29, 1980
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6396LRaven RX-6
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800329009209A
- Case key
- 131911
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0521 80/3/29 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,NM RAVEN RX-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 6 TOTAL TIME - 0747 N6396L PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST MESA,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED W PWR LINE.ELECTRIC ARC CUT THRU 1 STEEL LOAD CABLE & 1 ARM OF RIGID GONDOLA STRUCTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6396L
- Reported as
- Raven RX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6396LRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Raven Industries RX6Airframe modelRaven Industries RX6Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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