- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Gibson City, IL · GIBSON CITY, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N37952Mustang P-51
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429013749A
- Case key
- 142458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1190 78/4/29 GIBSON CITY,IL MUSTANG P-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 300 TIME - 1530 N37952 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GIBSON CITY,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37952
- Reported as
- Mustang P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barnes
N37952Registration cancelled Jan 21, 2011 · Benningfield MIDGET MUSTANG MM1Airframe modelBenningfield MIDGET MUSTANG MM1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.