# NTSB UNK64X3466: No American P-51-D, N5467V, Torrance, CA, August 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1964
- Place: Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3466
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3466

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3910  64/8/19    TORRANCE CALIF      NO AMERICAN P-51-D  CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1920                    N5467V              PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      45, 11300 TOTAL HOURS, 65
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
        REMARKS- FABRIC ADJACENT TO GEAR LOCK MECHANISM CAME LOOSE HOLDING LOCK PIN FROM FULL LOCKED POSITION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5467V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NO AMERICAN P-51-D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Torrance

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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