- Date
- December 7, 2005, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N251BPNorth American P-51D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20051207030429A
- Case key
- 62887
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane bent a wing after veering off the runway during landing. The pilot reported that after touchdown he lowered the tail to the runway and the airplane swerved. The pilot said he overcorrected and the airplane veered off the runway. The airplane bounced over the dirt next to the runway and came to rest on the taxiway.
Factual narrative
On December 7, 2005, about 0930 Pacific standard time, a North American P-51D, N251BP, made a runway excursion at Minden-Tahoe Airport, Minden, Nevada. The pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local flight departed Minden, Nevada, about 0900. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot stated the flight was uneventful prior to the accident. After touching down he lowered the tail and the airplane swerved. He overcorrected and the airplane went off the runway. The airplane bounced across the dirt next to the runway and came to rest on a taxiway. The pilot stated he was performing unfamiliar practice crosswind landing operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N251BP
- Reported as
- North American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-84756
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce V-1650-7, 1,650 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bernie F. Jackson - Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2005
- Departed
- MEV · Minden, NV
- Destination
- MEV · Minden, NV
- Airport
- MEV · Minden-Tahoe Airport, runway 34, 7,400 × 100 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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2004
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.