# Accident 20140621014049A: Jerry Lamont Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151, Livermore, CA, June 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2014, 16:54 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7094° N, 121.7731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7094&lon=-121.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518BC-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jerry Lamont Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151 (registry code 056307G, https://openairdocs.org/model/jerry-lamont-parker-loehle-mustang-5151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL DCDI (registry code 55563, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JERRY LAMONT PARKER LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582UL DCDI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140621014049A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2014, AIRCRAFT N518BC, AN EXPERIMENTAL  AMATEUR-BUILT, LOEHLE  MUSTANG, P51-51 DEPARTED LIVERMORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 1650 LOCAL TIME, ON RUNWAY 25R.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CLIMB OUT NE OF AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT WAS WITNESSED EMITTING SMOKE.

AT 1654 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY (2) MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT.  BEFORE IMPACT THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 WPR14FA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA258), Jun 22, 2014: Parker Loehle Mustang T5151 (N518BC), Livermore, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An in-flight fire of unknown origin for reasons that could not be determined because of impact damage and postimpact fire damage.

## Other reports on N518BC (1)

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

- [Incident 20130818015169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130818015169I), Aug 18, 2013: Jerry Lamont Parker LOEHLE MUSTANG 5151 (N518BC), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. The aircraft was on its maiden test flight, the pilot was using runway 25R and take-off was normal, after take-off the aircraft climbed to approx 60 AGL and…

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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