- Date
- May 12, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3168Starduster SA-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512018309A
- Case key
- 21333
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in the arpt traffic pattern for landing, the plt experienced an engine failure and landed short of the rwy. The acft collided with a sand dune. The plt stated that he had experienced a loss of fuel pressure on previous flts but had not corrected the problem. The fuel pump was noted to be malfunctioning during this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3168
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 51545
- Airframe hours
- 460
- Engine
- Lycoming O-435, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hubert W Davis
- Registered owner
- Hubert W. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1983
- Airport
- TX04 · West Texas, runway 8, 4,000 × 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 60 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 131 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3168 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.