# Accident 19790826025779A: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Racine, WI, August 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1979, 09:15 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Airport: Horlick Racine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22RG-1980-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grimm BUSBY MUSTANG II (registry code 0562786, https://openairdocs.org/model/grimm-busby-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBB MUSTANG2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,486 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP73) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826025779A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLL. RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO TREES.

## 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 CHI79FEP73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP73), Aug 26, 1979: Mustang II (N22RG), Racine, WI, destroyed

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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