- Date
- April 23, 1967
- Place
- Orange, VA · ORANGE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3451DN American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1281 67/4/23 ORANGE,VA N AMERICAN P-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 3573 TIME - 1700 N3451D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1139 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND VARIABLE GUSTY 30 KTS.PLT ELECTED ENTER GRASS OVERRUN.ARPT UNATTENDED.DITCH IN OVRUN UNMARKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3451D
- Reported as
- N American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
N3451DRegistered now · North American F-51DAirframe modelNorth American F-51DEngine modelPkrd-Roll V1650 series
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Other investigations on N3451D · 1
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