# Accident 19760821027129A: Namer F51D, Big Spring, TX, August 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1976
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Edwards
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38228, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38228-1976-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American F-51D (registry code 6402309, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-f-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER F51D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,268 total, 150 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FQH03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQH03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760821027129A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76FQH03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQH03), Aug 21, 1976: N. American TF-51D (N38228), Big Spring, TX, destroyed, 2 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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