N American P-51 N6518D

Summary

On 27 June 1970 at about 16:15 local time, a N American P-51 registered N6518D was involved in an accident during in flight near Harlingen, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 June 1970 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Harlingen, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

N American P-51

Registration

N6518D

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Private Owner

Purpose of flight

Pleasure

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

S → Local

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-1792

1 person died.

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

ACFT STALLED IN STEEP TURN, SPIN ROTATION STOPPED.ACFT STRUCK GND IN DIVE, DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.