- Date
- December 27, 1978
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86DLMidget Mustng
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4326 78/12/27 PRESCOTT,AZ MIDGET MUSTNG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5000 TIME - 1700 N86DL PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ PRESCOTT,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- 13IN OF #1 BLADE SEPD.DENT IN LEADING EDGE.LNDD ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86DL
- Reported as
- Midget Mustng
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N86DLRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Midget Mustang 1967Airframe modelMidget Mustang 1967Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.