# Accident 20081028850789A: Silfva STARDUSTERTO, Cedar Fort, UT, October 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2008, 11:15 local time
- Place: Cedar Fort, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3572° N, 112.0178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3572&lon=-112.0178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78DS-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Silfvast STARDUSTER TOO (registry code 8660362, https://openairdocs.org/model/silfvast-starduster-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SILFVA STARDUSTERTO
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 275 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081028850789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND PERFORMING ACROBATICS WHEN IT ENTERED A TIGHT SPIN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  AIRCRAFT FOUND ON ITS BACK AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY 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 WPR09LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA026), Oct 28, 2008: Silfvast Starduster TOO (N78DS), Cedar Fort, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and/or angle of attack to avoid a stall/spin during an aerobatic maneuver.

## Other reports on N78DS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840303012159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840303012159I), Mar 3, 1984: Amtrso STARDUSTER2 (N78DS), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Lost control of aircraft while conducting high speed taxi tests. Departed runway.

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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