# Incident 20161123019299I: Joseph D Muse P51D, Mesquite, TX, November 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2016, 10:50 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7470° N, 96.5304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE METRO (HQZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7470&lon=-96.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151JD-2022-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Joseph D Muse P51D EXPERIMENTAL (registry code 05635HW, https://openairdocs.org/model/joseph-d-muse-p51d-experimental) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOSEPH D MUSE P51D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161123019299I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/23/2016 AT 1130 THE PILOT ON N151JD PREPARED FOR A HIGH SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 35 AT MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT. THE PILOT RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES AND BEGAN THE HIGH SPEED TAXI. AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PASS TAXIWAY FOXTOT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING BEGAN TO COLLAPSE CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLLASPE. THE AIRCRFAT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. NO DAMGE TO AIRPORT FACILITIES. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. ON APPROXIMATELY 11/22/2016 THE OWNER/MECHANIC PERFORMED A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION CHECK TO EXERCISE THE GEAR BEFORE FLIGHT. THE PILOT/OPERATOR WAS ASKED WHAT GEAR IDICATION DID HE HAVE WHILE CONDUCTING THE TAXI OPERATION. HE RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT THE THREE GREEN LANDING POSITION LIGHTI S WERE ILLUMINATED.

## Other reports on N151JD (1)

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

- [Accident 20200329006709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200329006709A), Mar 29, 2020: Joseph D Muse P51D EXPERIMENTAL (N151JD), Mesquite, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 03/29/2020, at approximately 1516, N151JD, an experimental amateur-built 2/3 scale replica of a P-51D, powered by a chevrolet LS-1 engine running avgas,…

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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