- Date
- March 18, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N688Alleva Starduster SA300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318005879A
- Case key
- 30981
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The owner/builder of the acft & his wife were flying at aprx 800 ft AGL when the plane rolled to a near inverted attitude & entered a dive. Before entering the maneuver, the plt was observed waving to friends & acquaintances who resided in the area. Before recovering, the acft impacted in a near wings level, 30 deg nose down attitude. No evidence of a preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. The dive was described as a split-s type of maneuver. The plt's wife, who was also a rated plt, was presumed to have been a passenger on this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N688
- Reported as
- Alleva Starduster SA300 (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 455
- Airframe hours
- 175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert B Alleva
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 175 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.