- Date
- September 23, 1987, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36GPBennetter-Stevens Starduster
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870923055179A
- Case key
- 11267
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt went on an orientation flt in the home built starduster. Drg the lndg, the acft touched down at about 40 mph. The plt stated that as it slowed to about 25 mph, the 'right brake or something locked, plane pulled hard right, then up on nose & over on back.' He believed that 'no one was using brakes.' However, no malfunction of the brake system was fnd drg the investigation. The acft had a total flt time of 512 hrs. The plt had only 2 hrs of flt time in this make & model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36GP
- Reported as
- Bennetter-Stevens Starduster
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SB1
- Airframe hours
- 512
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry T. Hubbard
- Registered owner
- Larry T Hubbard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- ROA · Woodrum Field, runway 24, 6,802 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 2 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.