# Accident 20240706011339A: Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, Scappoose, OR, July 6, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2024, 13:33 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Airport: Scappoose Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7710° N, 122.8618° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=-122.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96558, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96558) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300 (registry code 86603FD, https://openairdocs.org/model/baxter-daniel-david-starduster-too-sa300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-G1B5 (registry code 41642, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-g1b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAXTER DANIEL DAVID STARDUSTER TOO SA300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-G1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 463 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240706011339A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH IS HANGARED AT SCAPPOOSE AIRPORT (SPB), TOOK OFF  AROUND 11AM DEPARTING RUNWAY 15 TO THE EAST WHERE IT FLEW ABOUT AN HOUR  TO COUGAR LAKE ,WASHINGTON AND BACK. THE PILOT DIDN'T LIKE HOW TRAFFIC WAS FLYING IN THE PATTERN SO HE WAITED UNTIL TRAFFIC CLEARED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED LEFT DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 15, SLIPPING TO SHED ALTITUDE. THE LANDING WAS REPORTED STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH. THE PILOT REPORTS HE IMMEDIATELY FELT A PRONOUNCED TAILWHEEL SHIMMY AS SOON AS THE TAIL CAME DOWN. AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VEERING HARD TO THE RIGHT. BRAKE AND STEERING INPUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE RIGH TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AFTER ABOUT 1500 FEET, INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP ONTO IT'S NOSE AND LEFT WING, BREAKING THE LEFT WING SPAR AND COMING TO REST IN THAT POSITION WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR.

## 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 WPR24LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA237), Jul 6, 2024: Baxter Daniel David Starduster TOO SA300 (N96558), Scappoose, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll with a tailwheel shimmy.

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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