# Incident 19961025038369I: Namer P51D, Columbus, OH, October 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1996, 13:19 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Bolton Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9012° N, 83.1369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOLTON FLD (TZR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9012&lon=-83.1369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51DZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51DZ-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Burgess James M 3/4 SCALE P-51D (registry code 1690448, https://openairdocs.org/model/burgess-james-m-3-4-scale-p-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild V-770B series (registry code 26004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-v-770b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER P51D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 3 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961025038369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 10/25/96, MR. JAMES M. BURGESS, A PRIVATE PILOT, CERT. # 293465847, DEPARTED BOLTON FIELD (2I4) AT 1300 EDT, IN A JAMES M. BURGESS 2/3 SCALE P-51-D, N51DZ, AN EXPERIMENTAL/HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT FOR PATTERN WORK AND TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1319 EDT, MR. BURGESS TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 22 AT THE 3500 FOOT MARK. DURING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT SLIGHTLY THEN, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGED TWO RUNWAY TAXI LIGHTS AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF N51DZ BY ASI JAY C. WILKINS OF THE CMH FSDO CONCLUDED THAT THE WELDS FOR THE RIGHT AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ATTACH BRACE HAD FAILED. THE RIGHT FRACTURED COMPLETELY AND THE LEFT SIDE WAS CRACKED. THESE FAILURES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO IMPROPER WELD TECHNIQUES (EMBRITTLEMENT). THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY 3 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME RECORDED SINCE FINISHED.

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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