# Accident 19800916042669A: Amtr DERKRIKETDK1, Ellicott, CO, September 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Ellicott, CO
- Airport: Ellicott
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8256° N, 104.3829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellicott, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8256&lon=-104.3829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601CS-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith MODEL DK-1 (registry code 0564406, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-model-dk-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DERKRIKETDK1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,126 total, 113 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE81) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916042669A

## Narrative

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

HOMEMADE PROPELLOR BLADE OF AMATEUR-BUILT AIRPLANE DISENTIGRATED ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH-LANDED OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN80FTE81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE81), Sep 16, 1980: Kriket DK-1 (N601CS), Ellicott, CO, 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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