# Incident 19790425025059I: Amtrra KR2, Florence, OR, April 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1979, 06:30 local time
- Place: Florence, OR
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9934° N, 124.1073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Florence, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9934&lon=-124.1073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23RP-2018-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ross-Phillips RAND KR-2 (registry code 05648L5, https://openairdocs.org/model/ross-phillips-rand-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRA KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790425025059I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED DUE TO BROKEN WRIST PIN. VOLKSWAGON 1834CC ENGINE.

## Other reports on N23RP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800129001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800129001879A), Jan 29, 1980: Amtrra KR2 (N23RP), Brookings, OR, Destroyed. Engine quit on upwind leg on takeoff. Acft stalled, hit ground in small clearing. Found screw missing on mag switch

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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