- Date
- August 20, 1977
- Place
- Grove City, PA · GROVE CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3263Starduster TOO
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770820022639A
- Case key
- 146309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2313 77/8/20 GROVE CITY,PA STARDUSTER TOO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 292 TIME - 1520 N3263 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 192 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROVE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER-GRAHAM,PA GROVE CITY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263
- Reported as
- Starduster TOO
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grove City
N3263Registration cancelled Apr 16, 2012 · Mardion STARDUSTER TOOAirframe modelMardion STARDUSTER TOOEngine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3263 · 2
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