# NTSB OAK76DXQ41: Mustang Midget, N7178, Lovelock, NV, April 23, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1976
- Place: Lovelock, NV · LOVELOCK, NV
- Location: 40.1787° N, 118.4774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lovelock, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1787&lon=-118.4774&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK76DXQ41
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DXQ41

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7178), registered now, S/N 511, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MUSTANG MIDGET
- Registry model: [Midget Mustang MM-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/midget-mustang-mm-1) (registry code 05601T9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lovelock

## 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 19760423009509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760423009509A), Apr 23, 1976: Kinner SPORTSTERK, Lovelock, NV, Substantial damage. Rt tailwheel steering spring disconnected

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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