# Incident 20170519005059I: North American/Aero Classics P-51D, Camarillo, CA, May 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2017, 15:04 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44727, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44727) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American/Aero Classics P-51D (registry code 6402304, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-aero-classics-p-51d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pkrd-Roll V1650 series (registry code 49001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pkrd-roll-v1650-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS P-51D
- Reported engine: PKRD-ROLL V1650 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 108 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170519005059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WHEN ASKED TO EXTEND DOWNWIND DURING PATTERN WORK.  THIS DISTRACTED HIM TO THE EXTENT HE FAILED TO USE HIS MEMORIZED LANDING CHECKLIST.  THE TOWER OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FLARING WITHOUT THE GEAR BEING EXTENDED.  A GO-AROUND WAS ISSUED.  THE PILOT INITIATED THE GO-AROUND AND IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER THE FLIGHT, THAT THE PROPELLER HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N44727 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850728051069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728051069I), Jul 28, 1985: Namer P51D (N44727), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. While being directed by baton man during taxi aircraft struck car on taxiway. Misunderstood hand signals.

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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