# Accident 19800907040669A: Amtrrn KR1, Sarasota, FL, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 10:55 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradento
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7472-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fletcher KR-1 (registry code 0562467, https://openairdocs.org/model/fletcher-kr-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRN KR1
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD97) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800907040669A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEM AFTER TAKEOFF. CIRCLED LOW OVER AIRPORT, STALLED, SPUN IN.

## 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 MIA80FLD97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD97), Sep 7, 1980: Fletcher KR-1 (N7472), Sarasota, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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