# Accident 20201029015859A: Pearson STARDUSTER SA300, Cedar City, UT, October 29, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2020, 12:45 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7010° N, 113.0989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7010&lon=-113.0989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N768P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N768P-2022-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pearson STARDUSTER SA300 (registry code 8660265, https://openairdocs.org/model/pearson-starduster-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PEARSON STARDUSTER SA300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-435-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,507 total, 49 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201029015859A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON APPROACH, THE TAIL BEGAN FALLING THROUGH FROM A TWO-POINT LANDING TO A THREE-POINT LANDING AT LESS THAN 60 MILES PER HOUR.  AS MY VERTICAL EMPENNAGE GRADUALLY LOST DIRECTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN ABOUT THE MID 30?S, MY AIRCRAFT MADE AN EVER INCREASING STARBOARD YAW RIGHT, WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO ARREST WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER BAR TO PORT.  ACCORDING TO A PILOT WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A THREE-POINT LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AND BEGAN ROLL OUT.  THE TAILWHEEL CAME OFF THE GROUND SIGNIFYING THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACTIVELY BRAKING.  THE WITNESS NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SLOWING QUICK ENOUGH TO STOP ITSELF BEFORE CROSSING RUNWAY 2/20.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT FRONT LANDING GEAR WHEEL TO LEAVE RUNWAY 26.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AND CONTINUE OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED ONTO ITS TOP AND CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 26.  ONE PERSON WAS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURES.

## 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 WPR21LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA031), Oct 29, 2020: Pearson Starduster (N768P), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control for reasons that were not determined due to lack of available evidence.

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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