# Accident 19790318006159A: Amtrpd PDQ2, Kennesaw, GA, March 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Airport: Mccollum
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0312° N, 84.6213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kennesaw, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0312&lon=-84.6213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2279D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2279D-1982-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Strickland PDQ-2 MODEL C (registry code 05653A8, https://openairdocs.org/model/strickland-pdq-2-model-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPD PDQ2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 11 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790318006159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED ON TAKEOFF. STRUCTURAL FAILURE. ACFT INVOLVED IN GROUND LOOP PRIOR TO FLT. NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION ERRORS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA79FKG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG27), Mar 18, 1979: PDQ 2 (N2279D), Kennesaw, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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