# NTSB DEN68A0016: N.American P-51D, N2871D, Minden, NE, September 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1967
- Place: Minden, NE · MINDEN, NE
- Location: 40.4982° N, 98.9670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4982&lon=-98.9670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114921
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN68A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0652   67/9/3    MINDEN,NEBR         N.AMERICAN P-51D    CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1100
        TIME - 1250                    N2871D              PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       65
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          CALM                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED MCCOOK,NEBR ENROUTE CALIF-OHIO DURING BENDIX RACE,WAS ADVISED RTE WX FCST BLO VFR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2871D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: N.AMERICAN P-51D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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