# Accident 19810125001729A: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Mojave, CA, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8490P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 55 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001729A

## Narrative

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

PROPELLOR SEPARATED, CAUSED SEVERE VIBTATION. MADE DEAD STICK HIGH SINK RATE LANDING ON AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX81DUQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUQ08), Jan 25, 1981: Quickie II (N8490P), Mojave, CA, 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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