- Date
- May 4, 1988, 19:15 local (May 5, 1988, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1300SStolp-Starduster Too SA-300-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880504013029A
- Case key
- 25717
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,totalCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
During the ground run for take off, the left main gear strut broke. The main landing gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage. The reason for the strut failure was undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1300S
- Reported as
- Stolp-Starduster Too SA-300-A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 13
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mattson, Jack R.
- Registered owner
- Jack R Mattson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1987 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 21, 6,204 × 150 ft, asphalt
N1300SRegistered now · Stolp-Starduster Too SA 300-AAirframe modelStolp-Starduster Too SA 300-AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 787 total · 4 in this make and model · 783 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.