# NTSB MIA84FA116: Alleva Starduster SA300, N688, Lakeland, FL, March 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30981
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30981/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA116

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N688-2013-05-02), registration cancelled 2013-05-02, S/N 455, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALLEVA STARDUSTER SA300 (STARDUSTER)
- Registry model: [Alleva STARDUSTER SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/alleva-starduster-sa300) (registry code 8660234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 455
- Airframe hours: 175
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840318005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840318005879A), Mar 18, 1984: Amtrso STARDUSTR300, Lakeland, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft rolled inverted at low altitude and was unable to recover before crashing into ground.

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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