- Date
- April 29, 1986, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51JRAviation ADV. Mustang Psid
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860429015259A
- Case key
- 22119
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The experimental acft on a test flt suffered an engine failure during the final approach to land. The plt said that he did not believe he could make the arpt so he turned right to an open field to land downwind. Investigation after the accident revealed that the distributor drive gear lock pin sheared. No other malfunctions were discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51JR
- Reported as
- Aviation ADV. Mustang Psid (MUSTANG PS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 002
- Airframe hours
- 110
- Engine
- Ford 351 C.I., 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aubrey C. Price
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 17, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MDD · Midland, TX
- Airport
- runway 16, 3,975 × 150 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,968 total · 2 in this make and model · 10,968 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 6 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.
Other investigations on N51JR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.