# NTSB LAX66A0054: Stolp SA-300, N94505, Apple Valley, CA, January 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 8, 1966
- Place: Apple Valley, CA · APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Location: 34.5008° N, 117.1859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apple Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5008&lon=-117.1859&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0098   66/1/8    APPLE VALLEY CALI   STOLP SA-300        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1220                    N94505              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 35, 2000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94505](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94505-1971-01-13), registration cancelled 1971-01-13, S/N 1, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLP SA-300
- Registry model: [Stolp Starduster Too SA 300](https://openairdocs.org/model/stolp-starduster-too-sa-300) (registry code 86601TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Apple Valley

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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