47.5300° N, 122.3019° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 14, 1990 · 14:05 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51VC
Reported as
Namer P51D
Reported engine
PCKARD V16509A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,500 total1,100 in this make and model215 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.
While landing in formation at air show, lost control from lead aircraft vortex. Impacted runway.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE LANDING IN FORMATION AT AIR SHOW, LOST CONTROL FROM LEAD AIRCRAFT VORTEX. IMPACTED RUNWAY.