- Date
- August 25, 1975
- Place
- Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11PSStarduster 2
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750825024969A
- Case key
- 150368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2149 75/8/25 LITTLETON,CO STARDUSTER 2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N11PS PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION 35, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLETON,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DOWNDRAFTS,DENSITY ALT ABT 8000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11PS
- Reported as
- Starduster 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Littleton
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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.