- Date
- July 1, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21770North American P-51 Mustang X
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840701028139A
- Case key
- 12682
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experience in kind of aircraftFactor
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
A bounced landing occured during which the left main gear collapsed followed by a ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21770
- Reported as
- North American P-51 Mustang X (P-51 MUSTA)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AEA-1
- Airframe hours
- 15
- Engine
- Ranger V770, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph J. Underwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1984 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- 21N2 · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- 21N2 · Mt. Comfort, runway 25, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete
N21770Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Aircraft Enterprises Assoc P-51 MUSTANG XAirframe modelAircraft Enterprises Assoc P-51 MUSTANG XEngine modelFairchild V-770B series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.