# Accident 19801010057789A: Amtrrn KR1, Big Lake, TX, October 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Big Lake, TX
- Airport: Big Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1280° N, 101.1552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Big Lake Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1280&lon=-101.1552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90537, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90537-1991-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccormick Danny VOLKSPOWER KR-1 (registry code 05648Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccormick-danny-volkspower-kr-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRN KR1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,457 total, 0 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801010057789A

## Narrative

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

HAD FOREIGN OBJECT JAMMED IN CONTROL STICK BASE. UNABLE TO GET NOSE DOWN ON LIFT OFF. ABORTED, WING HIT CARTWHEELED

## 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 FTW81FQG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG03), Oct 10, 1980: Beigh KR-1 (N90537), Big Lake, TX, 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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