# NTSB LAX83LA196: Homebuilt Starduster TWO, N714ST, El Monte, CA, April 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1983, 11:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Coordinates: 34.080524, -118.030227 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0805&lon=-118.0302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23682
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23682/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA196

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714ST-2021-07-03), registration cancelled 2021-07-03, S/N 869, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOMEBUILT STARDUSTER TWO (STARDUSTER)
- Registry model: [Starduster Too SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/starduster-too-sa300) (registry code 86601M5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 869
- Airframe hours: 379
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830416014439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830416014439A), Apr 16, 1983: Amtrso STARDUSTER2, El Monte, CA, Substantial damage. Ground looped on a fast turnoff from the landing runway in order to miss an outbound taxiing aircraft.

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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