N American F-51D N9149R

30 December 1972 · Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 30 December 1972 at about 15:24 local time, a N American F-51D registered N9149R, operated by Crawford and C, was involved in an accident during in flight near Flowery Branch, Georgia, 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: 30 December 1972 at 15:24
Classification: Accident
Location: Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American F-51D
Registration: N9149R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Crawford and C
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Atlanta, Ga
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4092

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

MERLIN ENG.HIT GND AFTR FLYING FORMATION WITH ANOTHER ACFT.

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 3-4092, 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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