# Accident 19791010029809A: Amtrra KR2, Saratoga, NY, October 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Saratoga, NY
- Airport: Saratoga Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0507° N, 73.8616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARATOGA COUNTY (5B2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0507&lon=-73.8616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118MM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRA KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 1 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FFA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791010029809A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF. HIT THE WIND TETRAHEDRON.

## 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 NYC80FFA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA01), Oct 10, 1979: Rand KR-2 (N118MM), Ballston, NY, destroyed

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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