19880917045399A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrso STARDUSTR300 · Oklahoma City, OK · September 17, 1988

Date
September 17, 1988 · 11:27 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Sundance Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57DH
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88DPJ12
Reported as
Amtrso STARDUSTR300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
708 total

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.

Entered a spin after 2 practice snap rolls and failed to recover. Left rudder pedal failed. Defective weld broke.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED A SPIN AFTER 2 PRACTICE SNAP ROLLS AND FAILED TO RECOVER. LEFT RUDDER PEDAL FAILED. DEFECTIVE WELD BROKE.

NTSB investigation

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