19811015075519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrqk QUICKIE · Watsonville, CA · October 15, 1981

Date
October 15, 1981 · 11:35 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N80DJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FVM01
Reported as
Amtrqk Quickie
Reported engine
ONAN ONAN22HP
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
415 total0 in this make and model16 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.

Aircraft crashed during first flight for pilot of this airplane. Aircraft would not climb out of ground effect.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING FIRST FLIGHT FOR PILOT OF THIS AIRPLANE. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.

NTSB investigation

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