# NTSB MIA76FKG61: Mustang 2, N76JD, Macon, GA, May 4, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1976
- Place: Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153667
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA76FKG61
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG61

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1936   76/5/4    MACON,GA            MUSTANG 2           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 194
        TIME - 2025                    N76JD               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HERBERT SMART
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MACON,GA                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76JD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76JD-1976-06-17), registration cancelled 1976-06-17, S/N 1822 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUSTANG 2
- Registry model: [Dent MUSTANG-II](https://openairdocs.org/model/dent-mustang-ii) (registry code 1690416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Herbert Smart

## 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 19760504011219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760504011219A), May 4, 1976: Amtr 1690416, Macon, GA, Destroyed

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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