- Date
- March 19, 1977
- Place
- Olympia, WA · OLYMPIA, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6526DN.American P-51D
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770319010189A
- Case key
- 157919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1391 77/3/19 OLYMPIA,WA N.AMERICAN P-51D CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 7100 TIME - 1346 N6526D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLYMPIA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION REMARKS- PARTIALLY COMPLETED DUAL CTL MODIFICATION.PLT AT CTLS UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6526D
- Reported as
- N.American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olympia Municipal
N6526DRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2021 · North American-Medore SNJ-5Airframe modelNorth American-Medore SNJ-5
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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.