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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrqk QUICKIE · Loveland, CO · August 31, 1980

Date
August 31, 1980 · 11:30 local
Place
Loveland, CO
Airport
Ft Collins-Lovela
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N214AL
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80DTE75
Reported as
Amtrqk Quickie
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total5 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control of experimental airplane on takeoff climb. Failed to recover from nose down spiral.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL OF EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. FAILED TO RECOVER FROM NOSE DOWN SPIRAL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.