# Incident 19810321021959I: Amtrso STARDUSTR100, Bay City, MI, March 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Bay City, MI
- Airport: James Clements
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5469° N, 83.8955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES CLEMENTS MUNI (3CM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5469&lon=-83.8955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N159MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N159MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOO (registry code 8660385, https://openairdocs.org/model/kerr-matthew-starduster-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSO STARDUSTR100
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810321021959I

## Narrative

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

APPROACH TOO HIGH AND FAST. DESCENDED, ENGINE FAILED TO CATCH AND LANDED SHORT ON BANK OF RIVER LEVEE.

## Other reports on N159MK (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20130810014589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130810014589A), Aug 10, 2013: Kerr Matthew STARDUSTER TOO (N159MK), Frankenmuth, MI, Substantial damage. Upon landing runway 9 Frankenmuth Zehnder field (66G) mi, pilot over shot the runway, aircraft right wing hit the corn field forcing the entire aircraft into…
- [Accident 19980701015709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980701015709A), Jul 1, 1998: Amtr STARDUSTER2 (N159MK), Bay City, MI, Substantial damage. Right main gear folded landing. (.19) on July 1, 1998, at 1520 eastern daylight time, a starduster too, N159MK, operated by a private pilot experienced a right…
- [Accident 19860628028189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628028189A), Jun 28, 1986: Amtrso STARDUSTER2 (N159MK), Roundup, MT, Substantial damage. Landed hard. Impact broke off the right main gear at a weld joint. Aircraft then veered off the runway.

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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