# NTSB LAX72FUQ36: Republic P-47G, N33956, Oxnard, CA, October 23, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1971
- Place: Oxnard, CA · OXNARD, CA
- Location: 34.1994° N, 119.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxnard, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1994&lon=-119.2075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164663
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUQ36
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUQ36

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4432  71/10/23   OXNARD,CALIF        REPUBLIC P-47G      CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1135                    N33956              PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           49, 13448 TOTAL HOURS, 78
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PT MAGU NAS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OXNARD,CALIF                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT SEIZED DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE OF NOSE CASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N33956 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC P-47G
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pt Magu Nas

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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