# Incident 20211104018389I: North American P-51C, Tallahassee, FL, November 4, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2021, 15:15 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61429, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61429) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American P-51C (registry code 6402302, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-p-51c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce V-1650-7 (registry code 54558, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-v-1650-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN P-51C
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC V-1650-7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 24,569 total, 221 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211104018389I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/004/2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:15 EST, N61429, A 1942 NORTH AMERICAN P-51C, S/N: 103-26199 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR A PILOT PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT TALLAHASSEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TLH) ON RUNWAY 9 AND ONCE IT REACHED TAXI SPEED THE PIC LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 9 AROUND THE 5000 FEET REMAINING MARKER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, PROPELLER (STRIKE), RIGHT GEAR, LEFT WING, LEFT GEAR AS A RESULT OF THE MLG COLLAPSE.

THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOLE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

THE PIC STATED, AFTER PERFORMING SOME AIR WORK, HE RETURN TO TLH FOR LANDING. HE HEADING FOR RUNWAY 09 AND NOTICED A LIGHT LEFT CROSSWIND. AFTER LANDING ON MAINS, HE REPORTED HE FOCUSED ON LOWERING THE TAIL DOWN SLOWLY. THEN NOTICED AIRCRAFT DEVIATION TOWARDS LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER. HE ALSO STATED, DEVIATION ARRESTED BUT STILL NEAR RUNWAY LIGHTS, HE ADDED MORE RIGHT RUDDER. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOW SIDE LOADED ON THE LEFT GEAR, NOSE RIGHT. HE REPORTED THE RIGHT WING ROSE UP, LEFT GEAR FOLDED, AIRCRAFT SKIDDED RIGHT INTO DIRT/GRASSY AREA AND STOPPED.

## Other reports on N61429 (2)

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

- [Accident 20160203001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160203001879A), Feb 3, 2016: North American P-51C (N61429), Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. On February 3, 2016, a two-seat P-51C ?mustang? Aircraft departed Dallas Executive Airport (krbd) for a thirty minute flight south of the air field. There was…
- [Accident 20040529011539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529011539A), May 29, 2004: Namer P51C (N61429), Red Wing, MN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) During airshow pilot reported loss of engine power. During emergency landing, pilot attempted landing southeast of the airport in a residential area. On…

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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