# Accident 20140319003459A: Bayer Oscar STARDUSTER SA300, San Luis Obispo, CA, March 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2014, 14:20 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2428° N, 120.6511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2428&lon=-120.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N490B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bayer Oscar STARDUSTER SA300 (registry code 86603AG, https://openairdocs.org/model/bayer-oscar-starduster-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAYER OSCAR STARDUSTER SA300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,575 total, 2,113 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140319003459A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT SBP (SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL AIRPORT).  THE WIND WAS 240 AT APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING THE COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT LANDING GEAR.  THE RIGHT LOWER WING TIP WAS SCRAPED, THE RIGHT LOWER WING INBOARD SPAR IS DAMAGED AND THE PROPELLER IS BENT FROM SUDDEN STOPPAGE WHEN THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR14CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA139), Mar 19, 2014: Bayer Oscar Starduster SA300 (N490B), San Luis Obispo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent loss of aircraft control during landing.

## Other reports on N490B (1)

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

- [Incident 20091130023419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091130023419I), Nov 30, 2009: Amtr SA300 (N490B), San Luis Obisp, CA, Minor damage. The pilot states that while taxiing from his hangar he noticed a twin otter turbo prop taxiing to a tie down space ahead and to his right. His aircraft is a…

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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