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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW74FQG17

1973-09-24 MIDLAND, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2051D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS P-51D

Engine

PKRD-ROLL V1650 SERIES (1490 hp)

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580326

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A1A715

Registrant of record

JETRAN LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2051D N.AMERICAN P-51D None

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-51D · N2051D

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Business

Airport

MIDLAND REGIONAL

Kind of flying

B2

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

250° / 14 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

00044-734541

Total time

362 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

4,157

Age

37

Investigator remarks

NO MAL OF TAIL WHEEL LOCK OR BRKS FND.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/22 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

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 2794. Source file NTSB_1973_3_2794.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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