N American P-51D CF-USA

15 October 1975 · Carlsbad, Texas, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 October 1975 at about 13:35 local time, a N American P-51D registered CF-USA, operated by Spitfire, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Carlsbad, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 October 1975 at 13:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Carlsbad, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American P-51D
Registration: CF-USA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Spitfire, Inc.
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Btg Spring, Tx → Lake Charles, la
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: E-0012

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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

WEA BRIEF BY OTR PLT IN FORMATION.

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 E-0012, 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 P-51D accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Oct 1975	N American P-51D N651D	Carlsbad, Texas, United States no coordinates	BTR Enterprise	Fatal	2
24 Sep 1973	N American P-51D N2051D	Midland, Texas, United States no coordinates	Creature Enter	No injuries	-
8 Apr 1973	N American P-51D N469P	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 May 1973	N American P-51D N5461V	Ft.collins, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1977	N American P-51D N6526D	Olympia, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Jun 1972	N American P-51D N6303T	Indian Springs, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Pizza On Call	Fatal	1

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