# NTSB NYC66A0004: Mid Mustang M-M-1, N8718E, Elizabethville, PA, July 11, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1965
- Place: Elizabethville, PA · ELIZABETHVILLE, PA
- Location: 40.5472° N, 76.8160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5472&lon=-76.8160&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 10, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177277
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0659  65/7/11    ELIZABETHVILLE PA   MID MUSTANG M-M-1   CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1037
        TIME - 1945                    N8718E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LESTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8718E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8718E-1965-09-03), registration cancelled 1965-09-03, S/N 162 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MID MUSTANG M-M-1
- Registry model: [Midget Mustang MM-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/midget-mustang-mm-1) (registry code 05601Y2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lester

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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