- Date
- August 21, 1979
- Place
- Nsalton City, CA · NSALTON CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N332N.American P-51D
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790821023529A
- Case key
- 134670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2066 79/8/21 NSALTON CITY,CA N.AMERICAN P-51D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 4500 TIME - 1315 N332 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ OXNARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PACKARD ROLLS-ROYCE V-1650-7 ENG.FLIGHT PHASE UNKNOWN.GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N332
- Reported as
- N.American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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