Plane Crash List

Mustang II N16RC

26 October 1976 · Scotts Valley, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 October 1976 at about 11:10 local time, a Mustang II registered N16RC was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Scotts Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 11:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Scotts Valley, California, United States
Nearest airport
Santa Cruz Skyprk
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Mustang II
Registration
N16RC
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3064

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

GUST 20K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Mustang II accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
26 May 1975 Mustang II
N30JT
Santa Rosa, California, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
13 Nov 1977 Mustang II
N18811
Wheatley, Arkansas, United States
no coordinates
Bionic Acft SA No injuries -
21 May 1978 Mustang II
N4790
Lancaster, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
17 Jun 1978 Mustang II
N5SH
Norco, California, United States
no coordinates
- Fatal 2
22 Jun 1978 Mustang II
N81M
East Troy, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
3 Nov 1979 Mustang II
N9056U
Nedmond, Oklahoma, United States
no coordinates
- Fatal 2

All 18 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
10 Feb 1976 Cessna 150
N2816S
Coyanosa, Texas, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
29 Jan 1976 Beechcraft E18S
N3730B
Manahawkin, New Jersey, United States
no coordinates
Thramway Inc Minor injuries -
14 Mar 1976 Schweizer SGS233
N17965
Elmira, New York, United States
no coordinates
Ithaca Flyingc Minor injuries -
25 Apr 1976 Piper PA-22
N5928Z
Burns, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
Klamath Aircra No injuries -
18 Mar 1976 Douglas DC-3A
N403D
Dallas, Texas, United States
no coordinates
Tricon Airline No injuries -
5 Jun 1976 Bellanca 8KCAB
N8751V
Boulder, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -

All 170,864 records in United States