# Accident 20010624024509A: Amtr STARDUSTR300, El Cajon, CA, June 24, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2001, 07:05 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8261° N, 116.9725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711MH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STARDUSTR300
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010624024509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2001, AT ABOUT 0705 PDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL STOLP STARDUSTER SA-300, N711MH, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, MR. LAWRENCE J. KING, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT GROUNDLOOPED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 27R AT SAN DIEGO GILLESPIE FIELD AIRPORT (KSEE). NEITHER MR. KING, NOR HIS PASSENGER (THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE) WAS INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM KSEE AT ABOUT 0650. MR. KING INDICATED TO NTSB INVESTIGATOR WAYNE POLLACK THAT HE WAS BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPLANE TO DETERMINE IF HE WANTED TO PURCHASE IT. MR. KING TOLD MR. POLLACK THAT HE APPLIED TOO MUCH RUDDER DURING THE LANDING ROLL, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY. THE LOWER LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AFTER THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND BROKE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THE WING AFT SPAR CRACKED, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN. (.4) ON JUNE 24, 2001, ABOUT 0705 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL STOLP STARDUSTER SA-300, N711MH, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 27R AND GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE GILLESPIE FIELD,                             EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT NOR THE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WAS INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND IT ORIGINATED FROM THE FIELD ABOUT 0650.THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR THAT DURING THE FLIGHT HE WAS BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE HE INTENDED TO PURCHASE IT FROM THE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER/OWNER. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE APPLIED TOO MUCH RUDDER DURING HIS FINAL LANDING. AFTER THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, THE LOWER LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND BROKE. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY A LOCAL AIRPLANE MECHANIC REVEALED THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE LOWER LEFT WING'S AFT SPAR WAS CRACKED, AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE GEAR HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO AN EXCESSIVE SIDE LOAD. NO EVIDENCE OF CORROSION OR METAL FATIGUE WAS NOTED IN THE AREA OF THE BROKEN AXLE.

## 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 LAX01LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA218), Jun 24, 2001: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N711MH), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.

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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