North American/Aero Classics P 51 accident near Cummings, KS
On July 16, 2017, a North American/Aero Classics P 51 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cummings, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 16, 2017
- Place
- Cummings, KS
- Aircraft
- North American/Aero Classics P 51 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.482°N, 95.204°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170716X62357
Official records · CEN17FA270
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Plotted Radar Data: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 16, 2017, about 1018 central daylight time, a North American Aero Classics P-51-D airplane, N251PW, was destroyed when it impacted trees and the ground 2.5 miles northeast of Cummings, Kansas. The airline transport pilot and the commercial pilot-certificated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was owned by Mustang Historic Military Aircraft, LLC., and it was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight plan had been filed for the flight. The local personal flight departed Amelia Earhart Airport (K59), Atchison, Kansas, about 1005. According to several witnesses located between K59 and the accident site, the airplane performed aerobatics in the area south of the airport. A witness located several hundred feet from the accident location observed the airplane fly over nearby power lines between 25 ft and 30 ft above the ground. The airplane then pitched up to climb in a near vertical attitude, the nose of the airplane turned to the left, the airplane turned left and then pitched down in a nose-low attitude. The airplane descended towards the ground and just before impact the tail of the airplane came up. The airplane impacted the ground in a near vertical attitude. When the witness heard the airplane flying overhead, he initially thought it was the pilot-certificated passenger flying an agricultural airplane, as she routinely flew over that area in the same manner during agricultural operations. Radar da
Probable cause
The loss of airplane control while maneuvering at low altitude for reasons that could not be determined.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
