Slater P-51 N656S

Summary

On 9 January 2000 at about 17:24 local time, a Slater P-51 registered N656S was involved in an accident near Hampstead, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 January 2000 at 17:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Hampstead, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Topsail Airport (01NC)

Coordinates

34.3592, -77.7108

Aircraft

Slater P-51

Registration

N656S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA065

1 person died.

The pilots failure to maintain airspeed (VSO) while maneuve ring on a turn to crosswind resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees and terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was observed on takeoff from runway 3. The air plane became airborne about 1,000 feet down the runway. The airplane reached about 100 to 150 feet, started a slow left turn, stalled, the left wing dropped down, the nose pitched down, and the airplane disappeared from view behind a tree line and crashed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.