- Date
- August 12, 1980
- Place
- Horse Shoe, NC · HORSE SHOE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1214Starduster SA-300
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800812035229A
- Case key
- 129659
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2193 80/8/12 HORSE SHOE,NC STARDUSTER SA-300 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 3000 TIME - 1941 N1214 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RITTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORSE SHOE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT TREES SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1214
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ritter
N1214Registered now · Marshall STARDUSTER SA300Airframe modelMarshall STARDUSTER SA300Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.