# Incident 20180518005539I: North American/Aero Classics P-51D, Kewanee, IL, May 18, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2018, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kewanee, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2391° N, 89.9257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kewanee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2391&lon=-89.9257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1751D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1751D) (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: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS P-51D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,437 total, 59 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180518005539I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 2018, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N1751D, A NORTH AMERICAN P51, DEPARTED KEWANEE AIRPORT (EZI) AS NUMBER 4 OF 4 AIRCRAFT FORMATION ENROUTE TO ILLINOIS VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT (VYS).  THE WEATHER AT GALESBURG AIRPORT (GBG) (CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY, 27NM WEST) WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC), WITH MARGINAL VMC CONDITIONS REPORTED AT VYS (BROKEN CEILING AT 2400 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY).

ENROUTE, AT APPROXIMATELY 15 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF VYS, THE FLIGHT NOTICED THE CEILINGS DETERIORATING TOWARD INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO EZI.  ALL AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 9 VIA THE DOWNWIND, WITH THE FIRST THREE LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PIC OF N1751D FELT A ?BUMP? ON THE AIRCRAFT AND IMMEDIATELY KNEW HE HAD HIT SOMETHING.  THE PIC RADIOED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE LANDING GEAR AS HE OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY.  THE FLIGHT RADIOED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN.  THE PIC THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

THE PIC PERFORMED A POST- LANDING INSPECTION AND DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.  BASED ON HIS POSITION ON FINAL, THE PIC DETERMINED HE STRUCK THE HIGH POWER UTILITY WIRES WEST OF THE FIELD.

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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