- Date
- August 21, 1982, 14:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ventura, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50RTMidget Mustang
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820821039949A
- Case key
- 72920
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Object - other personFactor
Object - vehicleFactor
Maneuver - performed
Terrain conditionFactor
Analysis
While flying in the vicinity of a beach area, the engine lost power. The pilot landed on a dirt parking area near the beach, but did not have room to stop. In order to avoid surfers and their parked vehicles, he intentionally ran the aircraft across an area of large rocks and onto the surf. The aircraft was destroyed and no preimpact failures were verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50RT
- Reported as
- Midget Mustang (MIDGET MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 411GH
- Airframe hours
- 321
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wesley Evans
- Registered owner
- Wesley Evans
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Destination
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 43 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OXR, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.