Amateur-built STOLP STRDSTR SA300 accident near Lincoln, Nebraska, May 9, 2014
On May 9, 2014 at about 8:05 pm local time, a 1993 amateur-built STOLP STRDSTR SA300, registered N94TM, was substantially damaged in an accident near Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in gusty crosswinds in a tail wheel equipped airplane.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 9, 2014 · about 8:05 pm local time
- Place
- Lincoln, Nebraska · Lincoln · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built STOLP STRDSTR SA300, built 1993
- Registration
- N94TM · registry record · serial M001
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was performing a full-stop landing after practicing landings at another airport. The tail-wheel equipped airplane touched down on runway 35 with a prevailing wind from 220 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots. The airplane landed with the main landing gear and the pilot lowered the tail of the airplane by applying aft stick. The tailwheel began to shimmy as the pilot steered the airplane down the runway. During the landing, the airplane began to yaw left and right before lifting up slightly and yawing to the left. The right landing gear buckled when it contacted the ground and the right lower wing contacted the ground resulting in substantial damage. The airplane departed the runway and came to rest to the left side of the runway. An examination of the airplane conducted by inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration did not detect any preimpact anomalies.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- 552230 during descent - emergency
- 552300 during descent - emergency
The NTSB's findings
- cause Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- cause Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind › Crosswind › Effect on operation
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind › Gusts › Effect on operation
Pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, none, APLN, glider
- Flight time: 3,526.6 hours in all; 8 in this make and model; 146.1 in the last 90 days; 37.9 in the last 30 days; 1,765 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: September 30, 2012
- Medical certificate: class 1
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 490 hours
- Last inspection: condition inspection, September 7, 2013
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1A (piston); 2,491 hours total
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Departed from: LNK Lincoln NE at 7:15 pm
- Destination: LNK Lincoln NE
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 35, 5,800 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 220° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 68°C, dew point 37°C
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observation at 7:54 pm from KLNK
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN14CA236.