# Incident 20160618009599I: Allegre Gary A STARDUSTER TOO SA300, Hermiston, OR, June 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hermiston, OR
- Airport: Hermiston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8282° N, 119.2592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HERMISTON MUNI (HRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8282&lon=-119.2592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Allegre Gary A STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 056250V, https://openairdocs.org/model/allegre-gary-a-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-C (registry code 17147, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALLEGRE GARY A STARDUSTER TOO SA300
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 242 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160618009599I

## Narrative

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

AFTER REFUELING IN HOOD RIVER, OR (4S2), PILOT TOOK OFF AND WAS ENROUTE TO TX IN TANDEM SEAT, OPEN AIR COCKPIT, AMATEUR-BUILT BI-PLANE, WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE LANDING AT HERMISTON, OR (HRI) WHEN ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 500' ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE CRASH LANDED JUST NORTH OF HRI IN GRASSEY FIELD. UPON IMPACT THE LANDING GEAR COLLASPED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INJURY.  THE PILOT FOUND THAT THERE WAS 20 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING BUT THE FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE POINTER WAS POSITIONED ABOUT 45 DEGREES BETWEEN OPEN AND SHUTOFF, WHICH CAUSED FUEL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE.  HE SAID THAT THE POINTER EXTENDS BEYOND THE IDICATION PLATE AND HE MUST HAVE INADVERTENTLY MOVED THE VALVE WITH HIS KNEE WHEN APPLYING RUDDER ACTION.  HE ADMITTED IT IS A POOR DESIGN.

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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