- Date
- February 15, 1978
- Place
- Ellisville, MS · ELLISVILLE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N117EN.American P-51
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780215001229A
- Case key
- 143399
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0721 78/2/15 NR.ELLISVILLE,MS N.AMERICAN P-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4500 TIME - 1730 N117E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONROEVILLE,AL HATTIESBURG,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT AT NO.4 WEBBING SHOWED BEACH MARKS.A/C SHED WINGS AND EMP SECT DURING FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117E
- Reported as
- N.American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N117ERegistration cancelled Jan 10, 2018 · North American F-51DAirframe modelNorth American F-51DEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N117E · 1
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