- Date
- June 15, 1980
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69SLStarduster TOO
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800615019899A
- Case key
- 130393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1474 80/6/15 SONOMA,CA STARDUSTER TOO CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 389 TIME - 1310 N69SL PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 348 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONOMA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- LOW PASS BY CROWD BEFORE DEPARTURE.ROLLED INVERTED,CRASHED.EXHIBITION SMOKE WAS ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69SL
- Reported as
- Starduster TOO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma Valley
N69SLRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Markey STARDUSTER TOO SA300Airframe modelMarkey STARDUSTER TOO SA300Engine 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.