# NTSB FTW00LA177: Starduster Too SA300, N1011Z, Spicewood, TX, June 7, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 2000, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Spicewood, TX
- Coordinates: 30.479745, -98.160232 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4797&lon=-98.1602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW00LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA177

## 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

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - muddy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1011Z), registered now, S/N 0Z-007, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Starduster Too SA300
- Registry model: [Starduster Too SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/starduster-too-sa300) (registry code 86601M5) (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: OZ-007
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000607014409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000607014409A), Jun 7, 2000: Amtr SA300, Spicewood, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 7, 2000, at 1530 CDT, a starduster ii sa 300 tailwheel equipped experimental airplane, N1011Z, was substantially damaged when it nosed over…

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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