# NTSB LAX80FVD28: Starduster TOO, N69SL, Sonoma, CA, June 15, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 15, 1980
- Place: Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Location: 38.2903° N, 122.4598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sonoma, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2903&lon=-122.4598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130393
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FVD28
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVD28

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69SL-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 72, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STARDUSTER TOO
- Registry model: [Markey STARDUSTER TOO SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/markey-starduster-too-sa300) (registry code 8660243) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sonoma Valley

## 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 19800615019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615019899A), Jun 15, 1980: Amtrso STARDUSTER2, Sonoma, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On takeoff, buzzed runway, pulled up, slow rolled to inverted. Stalled, dived into ground.

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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