- Date
- May 27, 1978
- Place
- Chino Valley, AZ · CHINO VALLEY, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16RSStarduster SA300
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780527011269A
- Case key
- 142335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0869 78/5/27 CHINO VALLEY,AZ STARDUSTER SA300 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1560 TIME - 0800 N16RS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO VALLEY,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16RS
- Reported as
- Starduster SA300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chino Valley
N16RSRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2017 · Seagrave STARDUSTER SA-300Airframe modelSeagrave STARDUSTER SA-300Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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.