N79891971 Partridge-Waples STARDUSTER TOO 300
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Pour Le Merite Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Houston, TX
- Certificate issued
- Jul 21, 2017
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 12, 1980
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Partridge-Waples
- Model
- STARDUSTER TOO 300
- Year
- 1971
- Serial number
- 476
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AAD950
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor E185 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 205 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowPour Le Merite Aviation LLCHouston, TX · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Reciprocating engine · filter · burstFeb 19, 1997
OIL FILTER BURST AT START-UP. GASKET FORCED FROM GROOVE. ENGINE LOST ALL OIL. FILTER 'DOMED OUT' AT BOTH ENDS. ALL OIL PASSAGEWAYS IN ENGINE AND OIL COOLER OK. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE IN ENGINE OK. SUSPECT FILTER BYPASS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · filter · burstFeb 19, 1997
OIL FILTER BURST AT START-UP. GASKET FORCED FROM GROOVE. ENGINE LOST ALL OIL. FILTER 'DOMED OUT' AT BOTH ENDS. ALL OIL PASSAGEWAYS IN ENGINE AND OIL COOLER OK. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE IN ENGINE OK. SUSPECT FILTER BYPASS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026