- Date
- October 15, 1975
- Place
- Carlsbad, TX · CARLSBAD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- CF-USAN.American P-51D
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0012 75/10/15 NR.CARLSBAD,TX N.AMERICAN P-51D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, TIME - 1335 CF-USA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 230 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BTG SPRING,TX LAKE CHARLES,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WEA BRIEF BY OTR PLT IN FORMATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-USA
- Reported as
- N.American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed