- Date
- June 16, 1976
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69QFN. American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760616018969A
- Case key
- 154599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2548 76/6/16 MOJAVE,CA N. AMERICAN P-51 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1730 N69QF PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 43, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CA MOJAVE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GUSTING 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69QF
- Reported as
- N. American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mojave
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.