36.5870° N, 121.8428° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MONTEREY RGNL (MRY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 23, 1981 · 15:26 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Monterey
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51TC
Reported as
Namer P51D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total180 in this make and model73 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.
The pilot said he was distracted and failed to lower the gear before landing.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT SAID HE WAS DISTRACTED AND FAILED TO LOWER THE GEAR BEFORE LANDING.