# NTSB CHI86FEV03: Woodrow Starduster SA-100, N64HW, New Baden, IL, July 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1986, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: New Baden, IL
- Coordinates: 38.52917, -89.690673 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5292&lon=-89.6907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEV03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEV03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - inadequate surveillance of operation, company/operator mgmt
  - planning/decision - improper (contributing factor)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - initiated
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE OWNER OF THE SINGLE SEAT, HOME BUILT, ACFT OFFERED TO ALLOW A NAVY F-14 PLT TO FLY THE PLANE. THE OWNER MADE A SHORTFLT, THEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE THE F-14 PLT A COCKPIT CHECK. THE CHECK-OUT EXPLAINATION INCLUDED SUCH THINGS AS THE FLT CHARACTERISTICS, TAKEOFF & APCH SPEEDS, & POWER SETTINGS. THIS WAS THE NAVY PLT'S 1ST FLT IN THIS MAKE & MODEL OF ACFT. ABOUT 5 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A SLOW ROLL AS IT WAS HEADING TWD THE ARPT. THE MANEUVER WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL. AS THE ACFT ROLLED, IT ENTERED ABOUT A 20 DEG NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE & IMPACTED THE GROUND BEFORE THE PLT COULD RECOVER. NO PREIMPACTY PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THIS WAS THEPLT'S 1ST KNOWN FLT IN A CIVILIAN OR PISTON ENG ACFT. HE DID NOT POSSESS AN FAA PLT CERTIFICATE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64HW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64HW-2002-03-28), registration cancelled 2002-03-28, S/N HW101, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WOODROW S.A. STARDUSTER SA-100 (STARDUSTER)
- Registry model: [Woodrow Stolp-Adams STARDUSTER SA-100](https://openairdocs.org/model/woodrow-stolp-adams-starduster-sa-100) (registry code 86601MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: HW101
- Airframe hours: 467
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Howard M. Woodrow
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 13, 1986, 8 hours before
- Airport: RLA, Fischer, runway 36, 2,400 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; military; medical: unknown, invalid medical for flight; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 469 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 8° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BLV, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860726035009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860726035009A), Jul 26, 1986: Amtrso STARDUSTER1, New Baden, IL, Destroyed. Attempted a roll at low altitude and impacted the ground. Military pilot without prior civilian aircraft experience.

## Other investigations on N64HW (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA007), Oct 21, 2001: Woodrow Stolp-Adams Starduster SA-100 (N64HW), Millstadt, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the tree line. Factors to the accident were the pilot attempting the low altitude flight/maneuver and the presence of the tree line.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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