Accident · 2007-07-27

NTSB case CHI07FA243 · Beck P-51A · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-07-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Beck P-51A (N8082U)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The P-51A pilot's inadequate visual lookout and his failure to maintain clearance from the P-51D. Contributing factors to the accident included the restricted forward visibility of the P-51A, the air race team representative's inadequate flight brief, the failure of the air boss to recognize the lack of separation between the airplanes on short final, and the diminished air/ground radio communications during the air show.

Source: NTSB case CHI07FA243

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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