# Accident 19800314005909A: Amtrra KR2, Poteet, TX, March 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Poteet, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0380° N, 98.5714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poteet, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0380&lon=-98.5714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30ET, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30ET-1980-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Page Elton T RAND KR-2 (registry code 05648AN, https://openairdocs.org/model/page-elton-t-rand-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRA KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,354 total, 2 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800314005909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TESTING HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT EXPIERENCED CONTROL FLUTTER AND CRASHED ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 FTW80FRG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG30), Mar 14, 1980: Rand KR-2 (N30ET), San Antonio, TX, 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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