# Accident 20100328031679A: Stolp Stard SA-300, Goodyear, AZ, March 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2010, 09:20 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Goodyear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4236° N, 112.3744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4236&lon=-112.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4493, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4493-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (registry code 86601S7, https://openairdocs.org/model/stolp-starduster-sa-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLP STARD SA-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100328031679A

## Narrative

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

AFTER THREE TOUCH AND GO'S, UPON 4TH TOUCH DOWN, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED INBOARD, CAUSING RIGHT LOWER WING STRUCTURE TO CONTACT RUNWAY, UPPER RIGHT WING STRUCTURE WAS PUSHED BACK.

## 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 WPR10CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA183), Mar 28, 2010: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N4493), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout with a quartering tailwind, resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.

## Other reports on N4493 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140525007699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140525007699A), May 25, 2014: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N4493), Newton, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Review of video shows pilot entered a spin maneuver and never recovered and contacted the ground resulting in a fatality.

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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