- Date
- December 3, 1989, 16:10 local (Dec 4, 1989, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5415VNorth American P-51DN5364KCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19891203049002A19891203049001A
- Case key
- 26697
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The P-51 pilot's failure to see and avoid the standing C-172.
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 C-172, N5364K, had just landed on rwy 34R and had pulled off onto taxiway 7E, short of taxiway e. they were instructed by tower to hold short of taxiway e for northbound traffic on taxiway e. the P-51, N5415V, had just landed on rwy 34L and had pulled off onto taxiway 7F between the two parallel runways. They switched to ground and were cleared to cross 34R. The P-51 collided with the rear of the C-172.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5415V
- Reported as
- North American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45553
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce 1650-V-12, 1,600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unlimited Airraeing
- Departed
- SMO · Sacramento, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 34, 4,000 × 150 ft, macadam
- Registration
- N5364K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274082
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kirk E. Poulson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 34, 4,000 × 150 ft, macadam
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5415V
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 450 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N5364K
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.