# Accident 19800129001879A: Amtrra KR2, Brookings, OR, January 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1980, 17:10 local time
- Place: Brookings, OR
- Airport: State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0724° N, 124.3048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookings, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0724&lon=-124.3048&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, 103 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYK04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800129001879A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON UPWIND LEG ON TAKEOFF. ACFT STALLED, HIT GROUND IN SMALL CLEARING. FOUND SCREW MISSING ON MAG SWITCH

## 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 SEA80FYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYK04), Jan 29, 1980: Rand KR-2 (N23RP), Brookings, OR, destroyed

## Other reports on N23RP (1)

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

- [Incident 19790425025059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790425025059I), Apr 25, 1979: Amtrra KR2 (N23RP), Florence, OR. Engine failed due to broken wrist pin. Volkswagon 1834CC engine.

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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