Starduster TOO N3650
28 May 1972 · Alabaster, Alabama, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 28 May 1972 at about 14:50 local time, a Starduster TOO registered N3650 was involved in an accident during in flight near Alabaster, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Alabaster, Alabama, United States
- Nearest airport
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Starduster TOO
- Registration
- N3650
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Air Show/Air Racing
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2056
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WOODED SWAMP.PLT LOST CONTROL AT INSUF ALT TO RECOVER DURG AUTHZD LOWLVL ACROBATICS IN AIRSHOW.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Starduster TOO accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 1972 | Starduster TOO | Volant, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 1972 | Starduster TOO | Adelanto, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 22 Sep 1971 | Starduster TOO | Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1974 | Starduster TOO | Long Beach, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Apr 1970 | Starduster TOO | Tremont City, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 1976 | Starduster TOO | Sun City, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |