# NTSB UNK64X1945: Mini Mstang L1, N10L, Lancaster, CA, May 24, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 24, 1964
- Place: Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185019
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1945
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1945

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0313  64/5/24    LANCASTER CALIF     MINI MSTANG L1      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0855                    N10L                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 46, 8000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WM J FOX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- PILOT WORE PARACHUTE NO APPARENT ATTEMPT TO USE IT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N10L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MINI MSTANG L1
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Wm J Fox

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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