- Date
- April 14, 1974
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50WPStarduster SA-100
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740414009609A
- Case key
- 186245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0924 74/4/14 SANTA PAULA,CALIF STARDUSTER SA-100 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1120 N50WP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 5362 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF VAN NUYS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN LOW ALT ACROBATIC MANEUVERS PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50WP
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Paula
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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.