# Accident 20200329006709A: Joseph D Muse P51D EXPERIMENTAL, Mesquite, TX, March 29, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2020, 15:17 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7619° N, 96.5156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7619&lon=-96.5156&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 EXPERIMENTAL
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR LS-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200329006709A

## Narrative

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

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, TOOK OFF FROM MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT, HQZ. UPON LIFTOFF, THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT, AND DESCENDED, IMPACTING THE EARTH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ONE SOUL ONBOARD PERISHED IN THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-ACCIDENT FIRE. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 CEN20LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA134), Mar 29, 2020: Muse P51D (N151JD), Mesquite, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and subsequent impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N151JD (1)

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

- [Incident 20161123019299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161123019299I), Nov 23, 2016: Joseph D Muse P51D (N151JD), Mesquite, TX, Minor damage. 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…

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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