- Date
- March 19, 1966
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ · WICKENBURG, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6166UNo American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0805 66/3/19 WICKENBURG ARIZ NO AMERICAN P-51 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 3400 TIME - 1100 N6166U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICKENBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6166U
- Reported as
- No American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wickenburg