- Date
- October 8, 1989, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3581DAerostar RX-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891008039329A
- Case key
- 17855
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable area (terrain) for landing. The static cable & power line were considered to be related factors.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Object - wire,staticFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3581D
- Reported as
- Aerostar RX-8
- Category
- Balloon
- Serial number
- 3023
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glen M. & Cookie M. See
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1989 · 20 hours before
N3581DRegistered now · Aerostar International RX 8Airframe modelAerostar International RX 8Engine modelNONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 20 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3581D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.