# Accident 19800912085242A: Amtrvd OWLRACER, Reno, NV, September 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1980, 12:40 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1VD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVD OWLRACER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 198 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FXQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912085242A

## Narrative

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

ON CROSSWIND FORMATION TAKEOFF, WAS STRUCK BY PROPELLOR OF N16G. BOTH AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND-LOOPED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N16G, Amtr FRENZEL: [Accident 19800912085241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912085241A)

## 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 LAX81FXQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ37), Sep 12, 1980: OWL OR71 (N1VD), Reno, NV, 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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