# NTSB WPR24LA237: Baxter Daniel David Starduster TOO SA300, N96558, Scappoose, OR, July 6, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 6, 2024, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Coordinates: 45.771028, -122.86183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=-122.8618&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA237
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194647/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194647
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA237

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll with a tailwheel shimmy.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: nose/tail landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Malfunction; cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220/cases.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 185 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=86603FD), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that while landing the tailwheel equipped airplane, upon touch down, it began to deviate to the right, and he felt a shimmy when the tail came down. The pilot was unable to maintain directional despite rudder and brake inputs. The airplane subsequently ground looped, exited the runway surface, struck a runway light, and nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower left wing. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 15. Calm wind was reported 22 minutes prior to the accident and 38 minutes after the accident, reported wind was from 060° at 5 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96558](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96558), registered now, S/N 2454, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAXTER DANIEL DAVID STARDUSTER TOO SA300
- Registry model: [Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300](https://openairdocs.org/model/baxter-daniel-david-starduster-too-sa300) (registry code 86603FD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540-G1B5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-g1b5) (registry code 41642, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2454
- Year built: 2007
- Airframe hours: 534.2
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-G1B5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, May 1, 2024
- Airport: KSPB, Scappoose Airport, runway 15, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed; flight hours: 462.7 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: KSPB
- METAR: KSPB 062053Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR A2993 RMK AO2 SLPNO 57014

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240706011339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240706011339A), Jul 6, 2024: Baxter Daniel David STARDUSTER TOO SA300, Scappoose, OR, Substantial damage. The aircraft, which is hangared at Scappoose Airport (spb), took off around 11AM departing runway 15 to the east where it flew about an hour to cougar lake…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194647. 646 KB in all.

- Memorandum for record (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 78 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17772451&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20Final-Rel.pdf
- Accident pictures (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 568 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17772824&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR24LA237%20Accident%20Photos-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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