19800615019899A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrso STARDUSTER2 · Sonoma, CA · June 15, 1980

Date
June 15, 1980 · 13:10 local
Place
Sonoma, CA
Airport
Sonoma Valley
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N69SL
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FVD28
Reported as
Amtrso STARDUSTER2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
389 total348 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On takeoff, buzzed runway, pulled up, slow rolled to inverted. Stalled, dived into ground.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF, BUZZED RUNWAY, PULLED UP, SLOW ROLLED TO INVERTED. STALLED, DIVED INTO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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