- Date
- March 28, 1987, 15:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51JRReplica P51
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870328008839A
- Case key
- 22183
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Pilot reported prop surging in flt. During landing roll the pilot lost control, groundlooped and the main landing gear collapsed. Investigation could not reveal a reason for the prop surging.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51JR
- Reported as
- Replica P51
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 119
- Engine
- Ford 351, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 3, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Airport
- MAF · Midland Regional, runway 10, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5 in this make and model · 9,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.