Plane Crash List

Aviation Adv MUSTANG PSID N51JR

29 April 1986 · Midland, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 April 1986 at about 14:15 local time, a Aviation Adv MUSTANG PSID registered N51JR, operated by Aubrey C. Price, was involved in an accident near Midland, Texas, 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
at 14:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Midland, Texas, United States
Coordinates
31.9800, -102.1305
Aircraft
Aviation Adv MUSTANG PSID
Registration
N51JR
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Aubrey C. Price
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Midland → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW86LQG15

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

THE EXPERIMENTAL ACFT ON A TEST FLT SUFFERED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING THE FINAL APPROACH TO LAND. THE PLT SAID THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE COULD MAKE THE ARPT SO HE TURNED RIGHT TO AN OPEN FIELD TO LAND DOWNWIND. INVESTIGATION AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE DISTRIBUTOR DRIVE GEAR LOCK PIN SHEARED. NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS WERE DISCOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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