NTSB CAROL · Event
Event DIA67D0096
Registry · N3451D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
NORTH AMERICAN F-51D
Year of manufacture
1944 · 23 years old at event
Engine
PKRD-ROLL V1650 SERIES (1490 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580321
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A3D260
Registrant of record
EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
N AMERICAN P-51 · N3451D
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
ORANGE COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
65° F
Aircraft history
Total time
597 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
3,573
Age
44
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
SS OVERRUN.ARPT UNATTENDED.DITCH IN OVRUN UNMARKED
Investigator remarks
WIND VARIABLE GUSTY 30 KTS.PLT ELECTED ENTER GRA
Cause factors
- 64/C/22 C PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
- 82/C/J C WEATHER SUDDEN WINDSHIFT Cause
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1281.
Source file
NTSB_1967_3_1281.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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