# Accident 19981109031799A: Amtr STARDUSTER*, San Luis Obispo, CA, November 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1998, 08:58 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Travis STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 8660252, https://openairdocs.org/model/travis-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STARDUSTER*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981109031799A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER LANDING. (-23) THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS NUMBER TWO, OF A FLIGHT OF TWO, THAT HAD JUST MADE A LOSE TRAIL FORMATION LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AIRPORT. THE PILOT MISTOOK A DARK RECTANGLE PAINTED ON THE RUNWAY FOR THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS FOLLOWING AND APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING TO AVOID A COLLISION. AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY BRAKING THE EXPERIMENTAL STARDUSTER NOSED OVER ON IT'S BACK, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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