- Date
- January 8, 1977
- Place
- Montclair, CA · MONTCLAIR, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76GSStarduster SA-200
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770108000249A
- Case key
- 156709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0037 77/1/8 MONTCLAIR,CA STARDUSTER SA-200 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 131 TIME - 1030 N76GS PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CABLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXARD,CA MONTCLAIR,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXT CTL FOUND IN MID-RANGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76GS
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cable
N76GSRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2014 · Solmi STARDUSTER TOO SA300Airframe modelSolmi STARDUSTER TOO SA300Engine modelContinental O-470 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.