# NTSB LAX82DA316: Midget Mustang, N50RT, Ventura, CA, August 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1982, 14:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Ventura, CA
- Coordinates: 34.280216, -119.220581 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2802&lon=-119.2206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72920/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA316

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - object - other person (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - terrain condition (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MIDGET MUSTANG (MIDGET MUS)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 411GH
- Airframe hours: 321
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820821039949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820821039949A), Aug 21, 1982: Amtrbb MUSTANGMIDGT, Ventura, CA, Destroyed. Pilot reported engine quit. Crashed into rocks at edge of a beach parking lot on forced landing. No cause given.

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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