- Date
- September 16, 1980
- Place
- Ellicott, CO · ELLICOTT, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N601CSKriket DK-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800916042669A
- Case key
- 128961
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2533 80/9/16 ELLICOTT,CO KRIKET DK-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N601CS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE UNK/NR, 1126 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 113 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLICOTT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLICOTT,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- ENGINE-VOLKSWAGEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601CS
- Reported as
- Kriket DK-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellicott County
N601CSRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Smith MODEL DK-1Airframe modelSmith MODEL DK-1Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.