- Date
- December 11, 1976
- Place
- Gastonia, NC · GASTONIA, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2453Starduster T00
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761211037409A
- Case key
- 156214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3713 76/12/11 GASTONIA,NC STARDUSTER T00 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N2453 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY AGE 29, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GASTONIA MUNICIPA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTONIA,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- LANDED IN MUDDY FIELD AND GEAR COLLAPSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2453
- Reported as
- Starduster T00
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gastonia Municipa
N2453Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Starduster Too SA-300Airframe modelStarduster Too SA-300Engine modelLycoming 0-435
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.