- Date
- July 4, 1993, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Windsor, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10JAAdolfson Starduster SA300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930704021859A
- Case key
- 8780
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power during initial climbout due to undetermined reasons. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed following the loss of engine power, leading to an aerodynamic stall.
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 airplane was fueled with automotive gasoline and flown with no reported problems two days prior to the accident. On the day of the accident, the airplane was washed and preflighted. The pilot started the engine and taxied to the end of the grass strip. After takeoff at about 200 feet above the ground, the engine 'stopped dead.' The airplane was observed to veer to the right and enter a 'nose dive'. According to the pilot, the airplane 'probably stalled'. The airplane impacted a driveway in a residential area. An examination of the engine and airframe did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10JA
- Reported as
- Adolfson Starduster SA300 (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 364
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond L. Osterhout
- Registered owner
- Raymond L. Osterhout
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- Private, runway 22, 1,600 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 535 total · 32 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGM, 10 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.