# Accident 19810917064409A: Amtrrf FOKKERDR1, Broomfield, CO, September 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Jefferson Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9205° N, 105.0867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broomfield, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9205&lon=-105.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10217, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10217-1984-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Caldwell FOKKER TRI-PLANE (registry code 0562371, https://openairdocs.org/model/caldwell-fokker-tri-plane) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRF FOKKERDR1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,658 total, 1 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810917064409A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB ON TAKEOFF. STRUCK ROAD EMBANKMENT AND BURNED. WAS TRYING OUT NEW TYPE OF PROPELLER.

## 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 DEN81FTE71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE71), Sep 17, 1981: Caldwell Folker (N10217), Broomfield, CO, 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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