# Accident 20231028022129A: Mustang II, Ashville, AL, October 28, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2023, 11:15 local time
- Place: Ashville, AL
- Airport: Dugger'S Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8387° N, 86.2114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8387&lon=-86.2114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71CB-2024-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mustang II (registry code 05601VL, https://openairdocs.org/model/mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUSTANG II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 45 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231028022129A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD TURNED ONTO FINAL FOR THE RUNWAY WHEN PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 ERA24LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA027), Oct 28, 2023: Mustang II (N71CB), Asheville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during initial climb after an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N71CB (1)

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

- [Incident 20060831018099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060831018099I), Aug 31, 2006: Musatn II (N71CB), Crete, NE. (-23) On August 31, 2006, the pilot [privacy data omitted] landed short of runway 17 at the Crete Municipal Airport, Crete, Nebraska. The aircraft touched down…

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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