Accident Beechcraft A36 N6321X, Tuesday 20 January 1987

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Date:	Tuesday 20 January 1987
Time:	19:11 LT
Type:	Beechcraft A36
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N6321X
MSN:	E2026
Year of manufacture:	1982
Total airframe hrs:	521 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO 520 BB
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Taos, NM - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Norman, OK (KOUN)
Destination airport:	Taos, NM (KSKX)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

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