Stewart S51D N51VS Accident (non-fatal) 9 August 2008
Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:21 pm
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/184241.html
IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 51VS
Make/Model: EXP Description: S51D
Date: 08/09/2008 Time: 2206
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION City: OXNARD State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT ON FINAL LOST POWER AND CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTO A BUILDING, OXNARD, CA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 26011 10 SKC 21/14 A2996
OTHER DATA Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation:
OTHER FAA FSDO: VAN NUYS, CA (WP01) Entry date: 08/11/2008
IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 51VS
Make/Model: EXP Description: S51D
Date: 08/09/2008 Time: 2206
Event Type: Accident
Highest Injury: Serious Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION City: OXNARD State: CA Country: US
DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT ON FINAL LOST POWER AND CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTO A BUILDING, OXNARD, CA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 1 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: 26011 10 SKC 21/14 A2996
OTHER DATA Activity: Pleasure Phase: Landing Operation:
OTHER FAA FSDO: VAN NUYS, CA (WP01) Entry date: 08/11/2008
Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:41 pm
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/experiment ... 0209990022
Experimental plane crashes into Oxnard building
AP
Posted: 2008-08-10 05:02:54
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A man is hospitalized after his single-engine experimental plane struck a school bus storage facility in Oxnard.
Authorities say the crash occurred about 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses told them they heard the plane's engine sputter and backfire before it clipped a baseball field's backstop then crashed into the bus barn near the Oxnard Airport.
The plane is believed to be an S-51, a smaller-scale version of the P-51 Mustang used by Allied forces during World War II.
After Saturday's crash, the plane's crumpled body could be seen on the ground separated from its wings, which leaned up against the building.
The pilot was the plane's lone occupant. He was taken to a hospital with serious leg injuries but is expected to recover.
No one else was hurt.
Experimental plane crashes into Oxnard building
AP
Posted: 2008-08-10 05:02:54
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A man is hospitalized after his single-engine experimental plane struck a school bus storage facility in Oxnard.
Authorities say the crash occurred about 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses told them they heard the plane's engine sputter and backfire before it clipped a baseball field's backstop then crashed into the bus barn near the Oxnard Airport.
The plane is believed to be an S-51, a smaller-scale version of the P-51 Mustang used by Allied forces during World War II.
After Saturday's crash, the plane's crumpled body could be seen on the ground separated from its wings, which leaned up against the building.
The pilot was the plane's lone occupant. He was taken to a hospital with serious leg injuries but is expected to recover.
No one else was hurt.
Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:56 pm
Hope he'll recover fully. A shame that the plane is destroyed, but it's better than a lost life. Best to him on his recovery.
Rich
Rich
Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:38 pm
Sure hope the pilot has no permanent issues and heals quickly.
As a side thought, does anyone know what engine this type of experimental uses??
Ted
As a side thought, does anyone know what engine this type of experimental uses??
Ted
Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:00 pm
It uses a car type V-8..........
Mark H
Mark H
Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:23 pm
Tigercat wrote:Sure hope the pilot has no permanent issues and heals quickly.
As a side thought, does anyone know what engine this type of experimental uses??
Ted
Originally designed around a big block Chevy...
Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:02 pm
Glad to hear the pilot survived. I just saw that airplane in June at the QB staging in Camarillo. Shame, that was a neat little airplane.
