# NTSB DEN80FTE81: Kriket DK-1, N601CS, Ellicott, CO, September 16, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 16, 1980
- Place: Ellicott, CO · ELLICOTT, CO
- Location: 38.8256° N, 104.3829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellicott, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8256&lon=-104.3829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 29, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128961
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN80FTE81
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE81

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601CS-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 001, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KRIKET DK-1
- Registry model: [Smith MODEL DK-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-model-dk-1) (registry code 0564406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ellicott County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800916042669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916042669A), Sep 16, 1980: Amtr DERKRIKETDK1, Ellicott, CO, Substantial damage. Homemade propellor blade of amateur-built airplane disentigrated on climbout. Crash-landed off end of runway.

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.

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