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DEN87LA044

1987-01-20 · TAOS, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SKX

Current FAA registration · N6321X

Make / Model
BEECH A36
Year of manufacture
1982 · 5 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19820218
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A847BB

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT WAS MAKING A NIGHT VFR LANDING APPROACH TO RWY 22 AT TAOS, NEW MEXICO, WHEN THE ACFT STRUCK SOME HIGH VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY. THE PLT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND LANDED IT SUCCESSFULLY. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, HOWEVER, THE PLT WAS NOT INJURED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_DEN87LA044.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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