- Date
- September 13, 1969
- Place
- Jean, NV · JEAN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2552Starduster SA-300
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2758 69/9/13 JEAN,NEV STARDUSTER SA-300 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 343 TIME - 0900 N2552 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 118 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEAN,NEV LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM ROUGH TEMPORARY STRIP. L GR RAN INTO SOFT AREA AND FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2552
- Reported as
- Starduster SA-300
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2552Registered now · Melsheimer STARDUSTER TOO SA300Airframe modelMelsheimer STARDUSTER TOO SA300Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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