- Date
- February 28, 1976
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20DWStarduster 2
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760228002589A
- Case key
- 152628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0327 76/2/28 HUNTSVILLE,AL STARDUSTER 2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1820 TIME - 1015 N20DW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARTSELL,AL HUNTSVILLE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- DRG GO-AROUND ACFT IN R TURN,R WING DROPPED HIT GND ACFT CARTWHEELED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20DW
- Reported as
- Starduster 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Huntsville
N20DWRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2005 · Wasserman STARDUSTER TOO SA300Airframe modelWasserman STARDUSTER TOO SA300Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.