- Date
- September 11, 1982, 09:41 local (14:41 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsburg, MO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60WWStarduster TOO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820911045329A
- Case key
- 72254
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not identifiedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
At about 100 ft AGL during takeoff, the engine quit. The acft crashed in a wooded area southeast of the arpt boundary. No fuel was found onboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60WW
- Reported as
- Starduster TOO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1262
- Airframe hours
- 170
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Willard A. Womac
- Registered owner
- Willard A. Womac
- Departed
- Plattsburg, MO
- Destination
- Plattsburg, MO
- Airport
- runway 17, 2,094 × 24 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,177 total · 40 in this make and model · 9,827 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.