- Date
- March 26, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Richlands, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3LDDreyer-Starduster SA-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880326013919A
- Case key
- 11402
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After touchdown, during the landing roll, the acft veered sharply to the left. The plt attempted to correct this action by applying right rudder and the acft veered 45 degrees to the right. The acft traveled off the right side of the rwy and came to rest on the embankment of a river which crossed under the rwy. A malfunction of the tailwheel locking mechanism was discovered after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3LD
- Reported as
- Dreyer-Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1145
- Airframe hours
- 302
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-435, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack C. Shelton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987
- Airport
- 7A4 · Richlands Muni, runway 26, 3,427 × 44 ft, asphalt
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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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 39 in this make and model · 212 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLF, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3LD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.