# Accident 19780916028691A: Namer HARVARD/, Reno, NV, September 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1978
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Stead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74DW-1981-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-6G (registry code 6400432, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-6g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER HARVARD/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916028691A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

COLLIDED AT PYLON DURING AIR RACE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7038C, Namer HARVARD/: [Accident 19780916028692A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916028692A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK78DA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DA055), Sep 16, 1978: N.American AT-6 (N74DW), Reno, NV, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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