- Date
- October 11, 1980
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86676Prue Super
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801011058099A
- Case key
- 128831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2296 80/10/11 ALAMOGORDO,NM PRUE SUPER CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 412 TIME - 1700 N86676 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 307 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALAMOGORDO,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT TURNED TO SEE DEER WHILE SOARING NR RIDGE,HIT STEEP SLOPE.PRUE SUPER STANDARD GLIDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86676
- Reported as
- Prue Super
- Category
- Glider
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N86676Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Prue Irving O PRUE SUPER STANDARDAirframe modelPrue Irving O PRUE SUPER STANDARDEngine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.