- Date
- November 29, 1974
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2MWStarduster TOO
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741129038049A
- Case key
- 144881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4209 74/11/29 LONG BEACH,CALIF STARDUSTER TOO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3050 TIME - 1610 N2MW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT DRG STEEP BANK.LND IN STREET & HIT LT POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2MW
- Reported as
- Starduster TOO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2MWRegistered now · Ward STARDUSTER TWOAirframe modelWard STARDUSTER TWOEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.