MIDGET MUSTANG N50RT

Summary

On 21 August 1982 at about 22:45 local time, a MIDGET MUSTANG registered N50RT, operated by Wesley Evans, was involved in an accident near Ventura, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 August 1982 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Ventura, California, United States

Coordinates

34.2802, -119.2206

Aircraft

MIDGET MUSTANG

Registration

N50RT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Wesley Evans

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Paula → Santa Paula

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA316

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF A BEACH AREA, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED ON A DIRT PARKING AREA NEAR THE BEACH, BUT DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO STOP. IN ORDER TO AVOID SURFERS AND THEIR PARKED VEHICLES, HE INTENTIONALLY RAN THE AIRCRAFT ACROSS AN AREA OF LARGE ROCKS AND ONTO THE SURF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND NO PREIMPACT FAILURES WERE VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.