# Accident 19801004050139A: Namer P51D, Lancaster, CA, October 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51MP-1993-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American P-51D (registry code 05627Z2, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-p-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER P51D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,202 total, 8 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801004050139A

## Narrative

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

DIVED INTO GROUND WHILE FLYING IN FORMATION WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION, MEDICAL.

## 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 LAX81FUQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUQ01), Oct 4, 1980: No.American P-510 (N51MP), Lancaster, CA, 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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