# Accident 19801223076189A: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Columbus Grove, OH, December 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Columbus Grove, OH
- Airport: Niswander
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9198° N, 84.0603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus Grove, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9198&lon=-84.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55959 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 618 total, 4 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801223076189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TEST FLYING HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 CHI81FEK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK07), Dec 23, 1980: Sorrel SNS-2 (N55959), Columbus Grove, OH, 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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