# NTSB LAX72FUG12: Mustang L-2, N158H, Indio, CA, September 12, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 12, 1971
- Place: Indio, CA · INDIO, CA
- Location: 33.7206° N, 116.2156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indio, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7206&lon=-116.2156&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163584
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUG12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUG12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MUSTANG L-2
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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