# Accident 20010616023479A: Broyles Roger L EXPERIMENTAL 3/4 P51, Conestee, SC, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 09:09 local time
- Place: Conestee, SC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7694° N, 82.3792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7694&lon=-82.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251RB-2002-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Broyles Roger L EXPERIMENTAL 3/4 P51 (registry code 056057S, https://openairdocs.org/model/broyles-roger-l-experimental-3-4-p51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616023479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 16, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 0909 HOURS, THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 1000 FEET AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT THEN LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED/POST FIRE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. (.19) ON JUNE 16, 2001, AT ABOUT 0909 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BROYLES EXPERIMENTAL P51 AIRPLANE, N251RB, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA WHILE MANEUVERING IN THE VICINITY OF CONESTEE, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND A POSTCRASH FIRE ENSUED. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DONALDSON CENTER AIRPORT (GYH), CONESTEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ABOUT 9 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  A FRIEND OF THE PILOT STATED HE OBSERVED HIS FRIEND DEPART FROM RUNWAY 05 AT GYH. WHEN THE AIRPLANE REACHED ABOUT 1,000 FEET, HE OBSERVED BLACK SMOKE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST AREA. A SHORT TIME LATER THE AIRPLANE LEVELED OFF, SLOWED DOWN, AND SMOKE BECAME CONTINUOUS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE EXHAUST. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO START A ROLL TO  THE RIGHT BETWEEN 90 TO 110 DEGREES, AND THE NOSE DROPPED TO A NEAR VERTICAL DOWN POSITION. THE AIRPLANE DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW BELOW A TREE LINE. HE HEARD HIS FRIEND TRANSMIT OVER THE RADIO, "I HAVE A PROBLEM." THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND A FIRE ENSUED.

## 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 MIA01LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA164), Jun 16, 2001: Broyles P51 (N251RB), Conestee, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Partial loss of engine power due to an engine cylinder experiencing detonation resulting in a forced landing to none suitable terrain.

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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