- Date
- July 29, 1977
- Place
- Barnesville, OH · BARNESVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72TDStarduster SA-300
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770729021159A
- Case key
- 146366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2265 77/7/29 BARNESVILLE,OH STARDUSTER SA-300 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 264 TIME - 1410 N72TD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MD BLUFFTON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON ROAD DUE TO DETERIORATION WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72TD
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N72TDRegistered now · Brown STARDUSTER TOOAirframe modelBrown STARDUSTER TOOEngine modelLycoming IO-320 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.