# Accident 19810712042979A: Amtrra KR2, North Kingstown, RI, July 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1981, 10:35 local time
- Place: North Kingstown, RI
- Airport: Quonset State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5974° N, 71.4124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUONSET STATE (OQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5974&lon=-71.4124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29SL-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lamanna-Steve KR-2 (registry code 05648X8, https://openairdocs.org/model/lamanna-steve-kr-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRA KR2
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW1600VOLKS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712042979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  WITNESSES STATED ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE DEVELOPING POWER

## 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 NYC81FNA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNA18), Jul 12, 1981: Rand KR-2 (N29SL), N Kingstown, RI, 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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