# Accident 19811015075519A: Amtrqk QUICKIE, Watsonville, CA, October 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1981, 11:35 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9236° N, 121.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watsonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9236&lon=-121.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80DJ-2011-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kaelker Dieter QUICKIE (registry code 05645AR, https://openairdocs.org/model/kaelker-dieter-quickie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Onan ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 47850, https://openairdocs.org/engine/onan-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRQK QUICKIE
- Reported engine: ONAN ONAN22HP
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FVM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVM01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811015075519A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX82FVM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVM01), Oct 15, 1981: Quickie Q-1 (N80DJ), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage

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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