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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · North Ameri F-51D · Curtis, NE · May 6, 2010

Date
May 6, 2010 · 13:00 local
Place
Curtis, NE
Airport
Curtis
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55JL
Reported as
North Ameri F-51D
Reported engine
Pkrd-Roll V1650 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
30,650 total100 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While at cruise on a VFR cross country flight from mckinney, Texas, to sidney, Montana the pilot heard a bang and a vibration followed. He reduced power and completed a precautionary landing at Curtis, Nebraska. The aircraft taxied to the ramp under its own power.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE AT CRUISE ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO SIDNEY, MONTANA THE PILOT HEARD A BANG AND A VIBRATION FOLLOWED. HE REDUCED POWER AND COMPLETED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT CURTIS, NEBRASKA. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP UNDER ITS OWN POWER.