- Date
- June 15, 1974
- Place
- Snta Monica, CA · SNTA MONICA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2MRStarduster SA300
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740615016369A
- Case key
- 125839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1311 74/6/15 NR.SNTA MONICA,CALIF STARDUSTER SA300 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 313 TIME - 1412 N2MR PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 259 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SNTA MONICA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - SANDY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 CYL EXH VALVE FAILED.PLT LND ON BEACH,APCHD FROM OCEAN TO SHORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2MR
- Reported as
- Starduster SA300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2MRRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 1988 · Rourke STARDUSTER TOO SA-30Airframe modelRourke STARDUSTER TOO SA-30
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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.