- Date
- April 16, 1983, 11:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714STHomebuilt Starduster TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830416014439A
- Case key
- 23682
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was obsved by a twr ATC specialist to make a normal 3 pt lndg and enter into a l gd loop while exiting the rwy abt 1400 ft fm the threshold. He further stated that the acft was traveling at a 'moderate speed' while exiting the rwy. Another acft was preparing to taxi onto the taxiway fm the nw corner of the fuel pit area which was drectly inline with N714S7'S exit ground path. The path observed a taxing acft and in order to avoid it intentionally 'ground looped' it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714ST
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Starduster TWO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 869
- Airframe hours
- 379
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Morton Katz
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1982 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 210 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.