- Date
- September 4, 1985, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Yerington, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3635GStolt-Adams Starduster SA101
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850904043389A
- Case key
- 40234
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
In-flight planning/decision - delayedCause
Throttle/power control - delayedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While attempting to land the plt allowed the acft to become too low on short final. The plt did not add pwr soon enough and an undershoot occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3635G
- Reported as
- Stolt-Adams Starduster SA101 (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- S-100
- Airframe hours
- 625
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry C. Marracola
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 4, 1985
- Airport
- 043 · Yerington Municipal, runway 1, 3,921 × 75 ft, asphalt
N3635GRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2013 · Stolp-Adams SA101Airframe modelStolp-Adams SA101Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,201 total · 101 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.