# Accident 19790916028239A: Namer P51D, Reno, NV, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 16:27 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno-Stead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7715C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7715C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American F-51D (registry code 6402309, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-f-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Packard LIBERTY (registry code 49501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/packard-liberty) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER P51D
- Reported engine: RROYCE GRIFFON
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FXQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FXQ37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916028239A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BLEW UP ON LAST LAP OF AIR RACE. PILOT TRIED A 180 DEGREE TURN TO RUNWAY. CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX79FXQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FXQ37), Sep 16, 1979: N American P-51D (N7715C), Reno, NV, 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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