Starduster SA-100 N87SD

Summary

On 4 January 1998 at about 21:30 local time, a Starduster SA-100 registered N87SD was involved in an accident near Roland, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 January 1998 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Roland, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Pecan Grove Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

34.8892, -92.5197

Aircraft

Starduster SA-100

Registration

N87SD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

N. Little Rock → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98LA087

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent encounter with soft, wet grass during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After an uneventful 20-minute flight in his tailwheel-equipped biplane, the pilot decided to do a few touch-and-go landings at a private grass airstrip. After a normal touchdown, the aircraft slowed down prematurely. During the end of the landing roll, the two main landing gear tires became bogged down in soft grass, and the aircraft flipped inverted. The pilot stated that he had landed on the runway numerous times before and that he thought that the 'grass looked ok' during his approach. According to local witnesses, it had rained on the day prior to the accident, but not on the day of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.