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| Date: | Sunday 28 March 2010 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N4493 |
| MSN: | 224 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 880 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Phoenix Goodyear Airport, AZ (GYR/KGYR) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix Goodyear Airport, AZ (GYR/KGYR) |
| Phoenix Goodyear Airport, AZ (GYR/KGYR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during the landing roll of his experimental category biplane, a gust from a left quartering tailwind caused the airplane to drift left. When he corrected the drift with right rudder input the right main landing gear collapsed, causing damage to the right lower wing.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout with a quartering tailwind, resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR10CA183
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 2014 | N4493 | private | 1 | Balls Creek Road, SE of Newton, NC | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 00:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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