# Incident 19980509013859I: North American/Aero Classics P-51D, Chattanooga, TN, May 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1998, 20:45 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5428V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5428V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American/Aero Classics P-51D (registry code 6402304, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-aero-classics-p-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pkrd-Roll V1650 series (registry code 49001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pkrd-roll-v1650-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980509013859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXI "INTO PARKING SPOT" AN AIRSHOW COORDINATOR CAR WAS STRUCK WITH THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR IN THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW-NO DAMAGE TO CAR-HORIZONTAL STABILATOR WAS SLIGHTLY DENTED.

## Other reports on N5428V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810617033729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810617033729A), Jun 17, 1981: Namer P51D (N5428V), Council Bluffs, IA, Substantial damage. Wind gust picked up wing on landing roll. Other wing hit runway ground-looping the airplane.

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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