- Date
- September 3, 1975
- Place
- Chapel Hill, NC · CHAPEL HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3589Starduster SA-300
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750903026269A
- Case key
- 150958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2269 75/9/3 CHAPEL HILL,NC STARDUSTER SA-300 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 3000 TIME - 1800 N3589 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORACE WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAPEL HILL,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- SVL WELD JOINTS HAD VERY LITTLE PENETRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3589
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horace Williams
N3589Registered now · Schleusner STARDUSTER II SA-300Airframe modelSchleusner STARDUSTER II SA-300Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.