- Date
- January 6, 1979
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N88991Starduster 1
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790106000379A
- Case key
- 138241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0027 79/1/6 NR.SANTA CRUZ,CA STARDUSTER 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1529 N88991 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 24, 2400 TOTAL HOURS, 28 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88991
- Reported as
- Starduster 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N88991Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2011 · Johnson STARDUSTER JSA 1Airframe modelJohnson STARDUSTER JSA 1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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.