# Accident 19730517012449A: Namer F51D, Ft.Collins, CO, May 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1973
- Place: Ft.Collins, CO
- Airport: Valley Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5461V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NAMER F51D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730517012449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MIXT CTL FOUND IN IDLE CUT OFF POS.LOST CTL IN NOSE HI R TURN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN73AD049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD049), May 17, 1973: N.American P-51D (N5461V), Ft.Collins, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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