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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtren VOLKSPLANE · Crossville, TN · March 26, 1981

Date
March 26, 1981 · 11:38 local
Place
Crossville, TN
Airport
Crossville
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2879
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81DKW14
Reported as
Amtren VOLKSPLANE*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
228 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Propeller failed during initial climb after takeoff. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLER FAILED DURING INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.