- Date
- April 25, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ames, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53BLHomebuilt Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820425026949A
- Case key
- 69763
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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
During the second landing the left main gear collapsed and the aircraft veered off the runway into a soft flat field. Investigation revealed very little penetration to the parent metal at the gear attachment points on both sides.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53BL
- Reported as
- Homebuilt Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 589
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Low
- Registered owner
- Robert Low
- Departed
- Des Moines, IA
- Destination
- Ames, IA
- Airport
- AMW · Municipal, runway 13, 3,500 × 100 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 407 total · 349 in this make and model · 407 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N53BL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.