- Date
- August 16, 1981
- Place
- Blue Ridge, SC · BLUE RIDGE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N600SStarduster TWO
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810816075279A
- Case key
- 124471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2101 81/8/16 BLUE RIDGE,SC STARDUSTER TWO CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 520 TIME - 1315 N600S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLOANS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLUE RIDGE,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COPILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- BEING CHECKED OUT BY PREVIOUS OWNER-BOUNCED LANDING.GEAR MODIFIED,IMPROPERLY WELDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600S
- Reported as
- Starduster TWO
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sloans
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.