- Date
- August 20, 1972
- Place
- Volant, PA · VOLANT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3263Starduster TOO
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3098 72/8/20 VOLANT,PA STARDUSTER TOO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 110 TIME - 1000 N3263 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KLOCKNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VOLANT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263
- Reported as
- Starduster TOO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Klockner
N3263Registration cancelled Apr 16, 2012 · Mardion STARDUSTER TOOAirframe modelMardion STARDUSTER TOOEngine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7
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.
Other investigations on N3263 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.