N American P-51D N332

21 August 1979 · Nsalton City, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 21 August 1979 at about 13:15 local time, a N American P-51D registered N332 was involved in an accident during in flight near Nsalton City, California, 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: 21 August 1979 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Nsalton City, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American P-51D
Registration: N332
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Yuma, Az → Oxnard, Ca
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2066

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

PACKARD ROLLS-ROYCE V-1650-7 ENG.FLIGHT PHASE UNKNOWN.GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.

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 3-2066, 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
16 Sep 1979	N American P-51D N7715C	Reno, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Dec 1979	N American P-51D N7711C	Eufaula, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Jun 1981	N American P-51D N5471V	Casper, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Jun 1981	N American P-51D N5428V	Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Mar 1977	N American P-51D N6526D	Olympia, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Oct 1975	N American P-51D CF-USA	Carlsbad, Texas, United States no coordinates	Spitfire, Inc.	Fatal	1

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24 Feb 1979	Cessna 180 N9916	Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	Anderson Enter	No injuries	-
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2 Apr 1979	Bell 47G2M N6327D	Guadalupe, California, United States no coordinates	R & S Dusters	No injuries	-
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