# Accident 19800514013919A: Amtrra KR2, Half Moon Bay, CA, May 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport: Half Moon Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5134° N, 122.5012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALF MOON BAY (HAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5134&lon=-122.5012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76KH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76KH-2013-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hixenbaugh Charles K KR-2 (registry code 05648Z7, https://openairdocs.org/model/hixenbaugh-charles-k-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRA KR2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800514013919A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INITIATED STEEP CLIMBING TURN ON UPWIND LEG. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. GRAVITY FUEL SYSTEM DESIGN.

## 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 LAX80FVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM30), May 14, 1980: KR 2 (N76KH), Half Moon Bay, CA, substantial damage

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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