# Accident 20031013031119A: Amtr SA300, Stockton, CA, October 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8942° N, 121.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8942&lon=-121.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N379C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N379C-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cleveland Orson STARDUSTER SA-300 (registry code 8660294, https://openairdocs.org/model/cleveland-orson-starduster-sa-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SA300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031013031119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 PST, ON 13 OCT 2003, AFTER LANDING ON 29L, SCK, MR. FARMER TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT INTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS TIED DOWN ON THE RAMP AT SCK. MR. FARMER HAD JUST LANDED AT SCK AND WAS MANEUVERING HIS AIRCRAFT AROUND TIE DOWN CHAINS, INTO A VACANT SPOT ON THE RAMP WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A STATIONARY AIRCRAFT. MR. FARMER WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN HIS STARDUSTER SA-300 HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR ANY GROUND PERSONNEL. DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. STARDUSTER HAD PROP, SPINNER, WING STRUT DAMAGE. N8908W WAS STRUCK ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING, CUTTING INTO THE OUTBOARD FUEL CELL. NO FIRE.

## 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 LAX04CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA013), Oct 14, 2003: Cleveland Orson Starduster II SA-300 (N379C), Stockton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate visual lookout resulted in his failure to maintain clearance from the parked airplane.

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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