Plane Crash List

N American P-51D N5480V

4 November 1965 · Santa Monica Cali, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 November 1965 at about 15:30 local time, a N American P-51D registered N5480V was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Monica Cali, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 15:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Santa Monica Cali, California, United States
Nearest airport
Santa Monica
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
N American P-51D
Registration
N5480V
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3897

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

TAILWHEEL TURNBUCKLE SHAFT FAILED

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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14 May 1967 N American P-51D
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no coordinates
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All 33 records for this type

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