# Accident 20120917023959A: Barney Robert J STARDUSTRER SA-100, Chandler, AZ, September 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2012, 09:54 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2689° N, 111.8111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2689&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1356Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1356Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Barney Robert J STARDUSTER SA-100 (registry code 8660426, https://openairdocs.org/model/barney-robert-j-starduster-sa-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BARNEY ROBERT J STARDUSTRER SA-100
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA423) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120917023959A

## Narrative

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

ON 9-17-12 AT 0954 HOURS MST N1356Y, STARDUSTER SA-100 EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, AT CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CHD), CHANDLER, ARIZONA, ENTERED THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 22L AND THE PILOT INDICATED THE ENGINE WAS OUT.  LANDING CLEARANCE WAS GIVEN TO RUNWAY 22L AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A TIGHT BASE TURN AND CRASHED IN THE DIRT BETWEEN RUNWAY 22L AND TAXIWAY BRAVO AND NORTH OF TAXIWAY PAPA.AIRCRAFT HAD VISUAL DAMAGE TO TOP AND BOTTOM WINGS, FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR, AND PROP.  THE TOP FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY.  THE MAIN FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY ½ GALLON OF FUEL REMAINING. THERE WAS NO VISUAL INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION PART FROM THE ENGINE.

## 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 WPR12LA423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA423), Sep 17, 2012: Barney Stardustrer SA-100 (N1356Y), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to a fuel line failure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to adhere to the maintenance inspection criteria for the…

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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