- Date
- September 12, 1971
- Place
- Indio, CA · INDIO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N158HMustang L-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1860 71/9/12 INDIO,CALIF MUSTANG L-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N158H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 27, 1254 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERMUDA DUNES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CALIF BLYTHE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PROP UNAPPROVED FOR ENG INSTALL. BLADE SEPARATED IN FLT. CRASHED INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N158H
- Reported as
- Mustang L-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bermuda Dunes