- Date
- March 29, 1980
- Place
- Grenada, CA · GRENADA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6LBStarduster SA-100
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800329007129A
- Case key
- 136337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1391 80/3/29 GRENADA,CA STARDUSTER SA-100 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 700 TIME - 1130 N6LB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 465 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRAWLS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEED,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO 3 CONNECTING ROD CAP FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6LB
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sprawls Strip
N6LBRegistration cancelled May 11, 1981 · Barrett STARDUSTER SA-100Airframe modelBarrett STARDUSTER SA-100
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.