# Accident 19870510082639A: Vought F4U7, San Diego, CA, May 10, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1987, 15:07 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33693 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U7
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87DUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87DUM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510082639A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAT IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING UNAUTHORIZED AEROBATICS. M OR D SUBMITTED FOR CORROSION OF AILERON BOLTS.

## 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 LAX87DUM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87DUM03), May 10, 1987: Chance Vought F4U-7 (N33693), Chula Vista, 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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