# Accident 19810407015019A: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Abernathy, TX, April 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1981, 11:55 local time
- Place: Abernathy, TX
- Airport: Abernathy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8434° N, 101.7597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Abernathy Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8434&lon=-101.7597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34GD-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dirks George W QUICKIE (registry code 0564558, https://openairdocs.org/model/dirks-george-w-quickie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810407015019A

## Narrative

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

OVERCONTROLLED UNFAMILIAR AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. CANARD TYPE AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND NOSE FIRST.

## 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 FTW81FQG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG22), Apr 7, 1981: Quickie 01 (N34GD), Abernathy, TX, destroyed

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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