# Accident 19830821043289A: Amtrso STARDUSTER2, Wakefield, VA, August 21, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1983, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9595° N, 76.9807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9595&lon=-76.9807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80FE-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Emerson F W STARDUSTER TOO (registry code 86603AB, https://openairdocs.org/model/emerson-f-w-starduster-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSO STARDUSTER2
- Reported engine: CONT IO360D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,756 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830821043289A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. AUTOMOTIVE FUEL HAD BEEN USED IN ENGINE.

## 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 ATL83LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA332), Aug 21, 1983: Starduster II (N80FE), Wakefield, VA, destroyed

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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