# Accident 20140816014029A: Cliff STARDUSTER II SA300, Placerville, CA, August 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2014, 18:40 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8000° N, 120.7161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8000&lon=-120.7161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411TM-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cliff STARDUSTER II SA300 (registry code 8660257, https://openairdocs.org/model/cliff-starduster-ii-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLIFF STARDUSTER II SA300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 432 total, 170 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA348) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140816014029A

## Narrative

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

IT APPEARS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ? DOB 11/25/1959) AND HIS BROTHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ? DOB 1/30/1962 ? DECEASED) WERE FLYING TO SWANSBORO AIRPORT, SWANSBORO, CALIFORNIA, TO ATTEND A PARTY GIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY.  HE WAS CIRCLING THE AIRPORT TO DETERMINE, I WAS TOLD BY THE ON SCENE DEPUTY, IF HE SHOULD LAND AT SWANSBORO OR AT PLACERVILLE (PVF) AND DRIVE OVER.  HE WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE HOSTESS OF THE ?HANGER PARTY? WHILE CIRCLING.  RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST ABOUT 18:40 PDT AND SHE RECEIVED A CELL PHONE CALL AT 18:53 PDT FROM THE PILOT SAYING HE HAD CRASHED.  AT THIS TIME NO WITNESSES HAVE COME FORWARD OR BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THE FIRST RESPONDER SAID HE SMELLED AND SAW FUEL BUT THE STAIN HE SHOWED ME IN THE DIRT WAS ENOUGH, IN MY OPINION, TO HAVE BEEN ONLY A COUPLE GALLONS.  HE ALSO CUT A FUEL LINE DURING THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND SAID FUEL CAME OUT BUT ONLY WHAT HE WOULD CALL RESIDUAL.  I COULD STILL FAINTLY SMELL FUEL ABOUT 12 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

THIS REPORT WILL BE AMMENDED AS FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 WPR14FA348](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA348), Aug 17, 2014: Cliff Starduster II SA300 (N411TM), Placerville, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around in gusting wind conditions following a partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined, because…

## Other reports on N411TM (1)

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

- [Accident 20110719017219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110719017219A), Jul 19, 2011: Cliff STARDUSTER II SA300 (N411TM), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he had landed at reid hillview airprt (krhv), on runway 31 right. After landing the aircraft turned off the runway at taxiway echo. The pilot…

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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