- Date
- October 11, 1981
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8663LRaven RX-6
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811011066229A
- Case key
- 122635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3590 81/10/11 ALBUQUERQUE,NM RAVEN RX-6 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0815 N8663L PX- 0 2 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 88 TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN OPEN REGO VLV ON NO 2 PROPANE TNK,HIT PWR LN DRG LNDG.FND MTRL RESEMBLING SAND & LINT IN VLV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8663L
- Reported as
- Raven RX-6
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8663LRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Raven Industries RX6Airframe modelRaven Industries RX6Engine modelNONE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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