N American P-51 N117E

15 February 1978 · Ellisville, Mississippi, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 February 1978 at about 17:30 local time, a N American P-51 registered N117E was involved in an accident during in flight near Ellisville, Mississippi, 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: 15 February 1978 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Ellisville, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American P-51
Registration: N117E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Monroeville, al → Hattiesburg, Ms
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-0721

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

CRANKSHAFT AT NO.4 WEBBING SHOWED BEACH MARKS.A/C SHED WINGS AND EMP SECT DURING FORCED LNDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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31.6041, -89.1956
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Ellisville, Mississippi, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-0721, 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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29 Oct 1977	N American P-51 N5747	Bakersfield, California, United States approximate position	Mustang Pilot	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1976	N American P-51 N69QF	Mojave, California, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	1
4 Aug 1974	N American P-51 N6519D	River Falls, Wisconsin, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
26 Sep 1971	N American P-51 N5482V	Reno, Nevada, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
28 May 1971	N American P-51 N469P	Atlanta, Georgia, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-

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