# NTSB FTW81DQD02: Prue Super, N86676, Alamogordo, NM, October 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 11, 1980
- Place: Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81DQD02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD02

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86676-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 2, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRUE SUPER
- Registry model: [Prue Irving O PRUE SUPER STANDARD](https://openairdocs.org/model/prue-irving-o-prue-super-standard) (registry code 7340102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000, none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Glider
- Engines: none
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19801011058099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011058099A), Oct 11, 1980: Prue SUPERSTD, Alamogordo, NM, Substantial damage. Followed deer up a blind canyon. Ran out of airspace and room to turn around. Struck side of canyon.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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