- Date
- September 18, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N151DMNorth American P-51D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820918047049A
- Case key
- 72371
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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.
Analysis
The engine failed & caught fire during the national championship air races. The plt stated he was pre-occupied trying toput out the engine fire & turned base too late. The acft landed short of the rwy on a poorly graded road & the plt lost control of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151DM
- Reported as
- North American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4413250
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Rolls Royce 1650-7, 1,490 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Martin
- Registered owner
- Daniel Martin
- Departed
- 4SD · Reno, NV
- Destination
- 4SD · Reno, NV
- Airport
- 4SD · Stead Afb, runway 14, 8,080 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 530 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 15 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.