- Date
- August 18, 1974
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N163GStarduster SA100
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740818026119A
- Case key
- 134415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2419 74/8/18 LONG BEACH,CALIF STARDUSTER SA100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1408 N163G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT RPTD BRAKES GRABBING ON TKOF.BRAKE SYS CHKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163G
- Reported as
- Starduster SA100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N163GRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Thrash Frank J SA100Airframe modelThrash Frank J SA100Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.