NTSB BFO87DID04 — 1987-09-23 · ROANOKE, Virginia, United States

Current FAA registration · N36GP

Make / Model: BENNETTER-STEVENS STARDUSTER TOO
Year of manufacture: 1973 · 14 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19791030
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A40A97

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N36GP BENNETTER-STEVENS STARDUSTER None

Factual narrative

THE PLT WENT ON AN ORIENTATION FLT IN THE HOME BUILT STARDUSTER. DRG THE LNDG, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE PLT STATED THAT AS IT SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH, THE 'RIGHT BRAKE OR SOMETHING LOCKED, PLANE PULLED HARD RIGHT, THEN UP ON NOSE & OVER ON BACK.' HE BELIEVED THAT 'NO ONE WAS USING BRAKES.' HOWEVER, NO MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS FND DRG THE INVESTIGATION. THE ACFT HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 512 HRS. THE PLT HAD ONLY 2 HRS OF FLT TIME IN THIS MAKE & MODEL OF ACFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_BFO87DID04.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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