# Accident 19810709040549A: Trytek KCA, Beatty, OR, July 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Beatty, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4419° N, 121.2716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beatty, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4419&lon=-121.2716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21023 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TRYTEK KCA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYK11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810709040549A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED ON UPSLOPE OF A HILL AFTER MAKING A LOW PASS OVER A RESIDENCE.

## 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 SEA81FYK11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYK11), Jul 9, 1981: Aeronca KCA (N21023), Beatty, OR, 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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