- Date
- August 28, 1976
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8581Starduster SA100
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760828028109A
- Case key
- 155416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2441 76/8/28 FRESNO,CA STARDUSTER SA100 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 20000 TIME - 1348 N8581 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVERTED FLAT SPIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8581
- Reported as
- Starduster SA100
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chandler
N8581Registration cancelled Oct 20, 1976 · Anderson STARDUSTER SA-100Airframe modelAnderson STARDUSTER SA-100
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.