# Incident 19990913032189I: Amtr P51R, Eugene, OR, September 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1999, 09:43 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57LR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57LR-2002-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American/Rogers B L P-51R (registry code 05602GN, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-rogers-b-l-p-51r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce GRIFFON (registry code 54501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-griffon) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR P51R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913032189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INBOUND TO EUGENE AIRPORT, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  REPAIR FACILITY REPORTED THAT A PROP SEAL HAD FAILED, REPAIRS WERE ACCOMPLISHED BY GROUND SUPPORT CREW, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT TO RENO, NV.  NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED BECAUSE MR. LEVITZ WAS KILLED IN A CRASH IN RENO AND THIS AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## Other reports on N57LR (1)

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

- [Accident 19990918027849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918027849A), Sep 18, 1999: Amtr P51R (N57LR), Reno, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.4)The empennage assembly of the experimental race plane separated and the aircraft crashed during the first lap of an unlimited class heat race at the Reno…

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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