# Bates STARDUSTER SA-300

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 8660194
- Manufacturer (registry): BATES
- Model: STARDUSTER SA-300
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 105 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/bates-starduster-sa-300

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 CEN13CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA037), Oct 27, 2012: Bates Starduster SA-300 (N2369), Reklaw, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a noseover.
- [NTSB CHI78FEE31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE31), Apr 27, 1978: Amateur SA-300 (N2369), Dekalb, IL, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20121027025019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121027025019A), Oct 27, 2012: Bates STARDUSTER SA-300 (N2369), Reklaw, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed hard, bouncing in a t least three times. When it finally settled in it was in a depressed area of the runway surface and the propeller came…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Murray Thomas J III STARDUSTER SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/murray-thomas-j-iii-starduster-sa300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602ZY
- [Jordan J B/Cooley O M STARDUSTER SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/jordan-j-b-cooley-o-m-starduster-sa300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056079E
- [Reeves Ray STARDUSTER SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/reeves-ray-starduster-sa300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05629C6
- [Gerald M Matheme STARDUSTER SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/gerald-m-matheme-starduster-sa300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05641LH
- [Mahr STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/mahr-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660126
- [Marcellus STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/marcellus-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660136
- [Wick STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/wick-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660167
- [O'Connell STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/o-connell-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660168
- [Neubert STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/neubert-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660189
- [Kreischer STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/kreischer-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8660193
- [Tucker-Hurni STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/tucker-hurni-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86601M3
- [Elwood STARDUSTER SA-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/elwood-starduster-sa-300): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86601MN

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