N American F-51D N8678E

23 August 1964 · Torrance Calif, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 August 1964 at about 13:41 local time, a N American F-51D registered N8678E was involved in an accident during in flight near Torrance Calif, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 August 1964 at 13:41
Classification: Accident
Location: Torrance Calif, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American F-51D
Registration: N8678E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Demonstration
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0884

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A TORRANCE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0884, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other N American F-51D accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Jun 1964	N American F-51D N1451D	Roseburg Ore, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
23 Feb 1965	N American F-51D N2871D	Goleta Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Mar 1966	N American F-51D N2112	Wheeling Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	J.j.tourek MFG	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1968	N American F-51D N6311T	Daytona Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Aug 1968	N American F-51D N6168C	Sarasota, Florida, United States no coordinates	Plauche Electr	Minor injuries	-
30 Dec 1972	N American F-51D N9149R	Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Crawford and C	Fatal	2

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