- Date
- April 23, 1976
- Place
- Lovelock, NV · LOVELOCK, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7178Mustang Midget
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760423009509A
- Case key
- 153415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0941 76/4/23 LOVELOCK,NV MUSTANG MIDGET CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1500 N7178 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 51, 21500 TOTAL HOURS, 15 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATTLE MTN,NV LOVELOCK,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- RT TAILWHEEL STEERING SPRING DISCONNECTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7178
- Reported as
- Mustang Midget
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovelock
N7178Registered now · Midget Mustang MM-1Airframe modelMidget Mustang MM-1Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.