# Accident 20000701043919A: Amtr MUSTANGMIDGT, Tulsa, OK, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 08:45 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1610° N, 95.9894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1610&lon=-95.9894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6402G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MUSTANGMIDGT
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701043919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 1, 2000 AT 0845 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BUSBY MIDGET MUSTANG AMATEUR-BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N6402G WAS COMPLETING A LOW ALTITUDE HIGH SPEED PASS ON 19L AT RICHARD L. JONES AIRPORT (RVS). THE PILOT REPORTED HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN HE FELT A SEVERE VIBRATION. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN THE GRASS TO THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY, DURING THE ROLL OUT THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A FENCE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE SPINNER HAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE VIBRATION. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE LEFT TIP TANK TORN OFF, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER, THE FUSELAGE HAS WRINKLED IN THE LEFT SIDE, THE TAIL WHEEL TORN LOOSE.

## 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 FTW00LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA197), Jul 1, 2000: Bushby Midget Mustang (N6402G), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the propeller spinner. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the precautionary landing.

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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