- Date
- June 11, 1966
- Place
- Cgrath, AK · CGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5448VN American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178710
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2256 66/6/11 CGRATH ALAS N AMERICAN P-51 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N5448V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 22, 2750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGRATH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCKPIN STUCK IN UNLOCKED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5448V
- Reported as
- N American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcgrath
N5448VRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 2025 · North American P51K MUSTANGAirframe modelNorth American P51K MUSTANG
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.