# NTSB Accident CEN14FA339
> **NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS P 51D** · 2014-07-04 · Durango, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN14FA339
- **Event ID:** 20140704X61908
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-07-04
- **Location:** Durango, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.165554, -107.745277
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** NORTH AMERICAN/AERO CLASSICS
- **Model:** P 51D
- **Registration:** N1451D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to compensate for the high-performance airplane's tendency to enter a torque roll during the initial climb, which resulted in the airplane entering a torque roll and the subsequent loss of control at too low of an altitude to recover. Contributing to the pilot's failure to compensate for the airplane's tendency to enter a torque roll was his impairment from tetrahydrocannabinol.

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