37.7274° N, 121.4522° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 30, 1978 · 19:30 local
Place
Tracy, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N15ZZ
Reported as
Amtrst P51AMTR
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,726 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot making high speed taxi when craft lifted off. Added full power but would not accelerate. Landed in field.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MAKING HIGH SPEED TAXI WHEN CRAFT LIFTED OFF. ADDED FULL POWER BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. LANDED IN FIELD.