# NTSB CHI72DEE71: MGT Mustang MM1, N8710, Lockport, IL, April 9, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 9, 1972
- Place: Lockport, IL · LOCKPORT, IL
- Location: 41.5908° N, 88.0325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lockport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5908&lon=-88.0325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166399
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DEE71
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DEE71

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1424   72/4/9    LOCKPORT,ILL        MGT MUSTANG MM1     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 400
        TIME - 1330                    N8710               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS-LOCKPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOCKPORT,ILL                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: SPINNERS,DOMES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OUT OF BALANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
        REMARKS- PROP SPINNER BULKHEAD ATCHMENT SCREW FAILED. APRXLY 4HRS FLT TIME SINCE SPINNER INSTALLATION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8710](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8710), registered now, S/N RF232, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MGT MUSTANG MM1
- Registry model: [Midget Mustang MM1](https://openairdocs.org/model/midget-mustang-mm1) (registry code 056018Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lewis-Lockport

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.

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