North American F-51D N51JW

Summary

On 11 September 1982 at about 17:01 local time, a North American F-51D registered N51JW, operated by John Wright, was involved in an accident near Elko, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 September 1982 at 17:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Elko, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

North American F-51D

Registration

N51JW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John Wright

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carson City → Reno-Elko

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DXQ13

2 people 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

THE PLT FLEW DOWN THE LENGTH OF RWY 06 ABOUT 100 FT AGL, PULLED UP & DID AN 8-POINT ROLL WHILE CLIMBING. HE THEN FLEW DOWN RWY 12 & PULLED UP. AFTER A BRIEF CLIMB THE PLT BEGAN A SLOW ROLL TO THE LEFT. JUST AS THE ACFT BECAME INVERTED THE ROLL STOPPED & THE WINGS WAGGED ERRATICALLY WITH THE NOSE DROPPING TO NEARLY HORIZONTAL. THE NOSE WAS THEN PUSHED DOWN WITH THE PLANE STILL INVERTED. THE ACFT ACCELERATED THROUGH THE VERTICAL & SIMULTANEOUSLY BEGAN TO PULL UP & ROLL LEVEL PRIOR TO IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.