- Date
- February 19, 1983, 14:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N138XMidget Mustang I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830219004429A
- Case key
- 23620
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed on a road near the active runway while making a go-around to avoid an acft which taxied on the runway as he approached. At about 400 feet AGL on final approach the pilot of the accident acft realized a safe landing was notpossible. He stalled his acft added power and regained some control but continued to descend. He then turned to the leftand landed on a street.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N138X
- Reported as
- Midget Mustang I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- TMP003
- Airframe hours
- 32
- Engine
- Lycoming 11, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tony M. Paplia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 26, 1982 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- UDD · Bermuda, runway 29, 3,500 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,646 total · 25 in this make and model · 2,033 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRM, 9 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.