- Date
- July 31, 1988, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Monee, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9119RTownson Starduster SA100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880731029269A
- Case key
- 13858
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Probable cause
Pilot failing to maintain control of the airplane during landing touchdown and roll out.
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 acft ran off the rt side of the rwy and nosed over during lndg. The plt stated that during lndg the acft began a rt turn and when he used left rudder and brake the acft flipped over. He further stated that the sequence began when the acft bounced during initial touchdown and started a turn to the left. When he used right rudder, he said, that due to the cramped cockpit he inadvertently used rt brake and the acft responded rapidly by going off the rwy. The plt said he then used left rudder and got minimal response so he resorted to left brake. The movement of the left rudder forward had forced the rt brake pedal against the plts rt foot and with both brakes applied the acft nosed over. In his recommendation for prevention the plt said he was going to have the brake pedals adjusted to alleviate the almost vertical position of the pedal which, along with the lack of leg room, made the brakes subject to inadvertent application when the rudder is used.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9119R
- Reported as
- Townson Starduster SA100 (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 584
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick R. Kin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 21, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- C56 · Sanger, runway 23, 2,380 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 23 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.