# Accident 20240721009009A: Williams John TITAN T-51 MUSTANG, Geneva, OH, July 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2024, 17:55 local time
- Place: Geneva, OH
- Airport: Germack Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7791° N, 80.9069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7791&lon=-80.9069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Williams John TITAN T-51 MUSTANG (registry code 05614F8, https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-john-titan-t-51-mustang) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILLIAMS JOHN TITAN T-51 MUSTANG
- Reported engine: CHEVROLET LS3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240721009009A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/21/2024 AT 1755 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PERFORMING A DEMO FULL SPEED PASS AT APPROXIMATELY 600' AGL ON RUNWAY 01 AT 7D9 (GERMACK AIRPORT) IN GENEVA, OH.  ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN AGGRESSIVE CLIMB AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 01.  DURING THIS CLIMB THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A CATASTROPHIC PROPELLER FAILURE IN WHICH THE PROPELLER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  ACCIDENT PILOT EXECUTED A LEFTHAND TURN TO A HEADING OF 190 TO LINE UP WITH A ROAD APPROXIATELY .25 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  WHILE ROLLING WINGS LEVEL THERE WAS A TRUCK ON THE ROAD HEADING DIRECTLY AT THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.  THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT TO AVOID THE ONCOMING TRUCK.  WHEN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE WHICH TORE THE LEFT WING FROM THE FUSELAGE AND SPUN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT INVERTED.  WHILE INVERTED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT'S RIGHTHAND WING STRUCK A TREE WHICH TORE THE RIGHT WING FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE FUSELAGE THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED AND SLID TO A STOP.

## 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 ERA24FA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA310), Jul 21, 2024: Williams John Titan T-51 Mustang (N751TX), Geneva, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A sudden propeller overspeed and subsequent separation of the propeller blades and hub, while maneuvering at high speed and at low altitude, which resulted in a collision with a tree during the…

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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