- Date
- June 7, 2000, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Spicewood, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1011ZStarduster Too SA300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000607014409A
- Case key
- 49395
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor was the muddy terrain condition.
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 pilot executed a 'three point landing' on runway 35. During the landing roll, the tailwheel-equipped airplane's right main landing gear departed the right side of the runway. The airplane pulled to the right as the 'wheel bogged down' into the mud. The pilot was unable to bring the right main landing gear back on the runway with the use of left rudder and left brake. As the airplane decelerated, it nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On June 7, 2000, at 1530 central daylight time, a Starduster Too SA300 tailwheel-equipped experimental airplane, N1011Z, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during the landing roll at the Spicewood Airport near Spicewood, Texas. The private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The local flight departed from the Spicewood Airport, approximately 1500.
According to the pilot's statement, he executed a "three point landing" on runway 35. During the landing roll, the right main landing gear departed the right side of the runway. The airplane pulled to the right as the "wheel bogged down" into the mud. The pilot was unable to bring the right main landing gear back on the runway with the use of the left rudder and left brake. As the airplane decelerated, it nosed over and came to rest inverted. The left upper wing, rudder, and vertical stabilizer sustained structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1011Z
- Reported as
- Starduster Too SA300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- OZ-007
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn R. Chiappe
- Registered owner
- Richard Chiappe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 2000
- Airport
- 88R · Spicewood, Texas, runway 35, 4,300 × 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 776 total · 4 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.