# NTSB LAX76DUG47: Starduster TOO, N11TG, Sun City, CA, April 24, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 24, 1976
- Place: Sun City, CA · SUN CITY, CA
- Location: 33.7092° N, 117.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sun City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7092&lon=-117.1973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX76DUG47
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG47

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0748  76/4/24    SUN CITY,CA         STARDUSTER TOO      CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1545                    N11TG               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  53, 26000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HEMET,CA                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           COPILOT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR
        REMARKS- BOTH PLTS THOUGHT THE OTHER HAD CTL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11TG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11TG-2013-04-10), registration cancelled 2013-04-10, S/N TG1, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STARDUSTER TOO
- Registry model: [Green STARDUSTER TOO](https://openairdocs.org/model/green-starduster-too) (registry code 8660182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760424008219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760424008219A), Apr 24, 1976: Amtr 8660182, Sun City, CA, Substantial damage. Both plts thought the other had ctl.

## Other investigations on N11TG (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL94LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA126), Jun 25, 1994: Green Starduster TOO (N11TG), Chattanooga, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN INADVERTENT STALL, AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

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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