# Accident 19780916028692A: 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, second 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: N7038C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7038C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-4 (registry code 6400414, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER HARVARD/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,444 total, 250 in this make and model, 21 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/19780916028692A

## 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

- N74DW, Namer HARVARD/: [Accident 19780916028691A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916028691A)

## 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 SNJ-4 (N7038C), Reno, NV, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7038C (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090605008279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090605008279I), Jun 5, 2009: Namer SNJ4 (N7038C), Caldwell, ID, Minor damage. (-23) During attempted landing on runway 30 with gusty quartering tailwind at air show in waivered airspace, the airplane bounced several times and the left…
- [Incident 20010720018399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010720018399I), Jul 20, 2001: Namer SNJ4 (N7038C), Kearney, NE, Minor damage. (-23) On July 20, 2001, approximately 1930 CDT , north American SNJ-4, N7038C, sn: 88-12932, departed runway 18 while landing at the Kearney, Nebraska…
- [Incident 19950725026649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950725026649I), Jul 25, 1995: Namer SNJ4 (N7038C), Kenosha, WI, Minor damage. Failed select gear down. Landed gear up. Distracted by formation landing with another snj.
- [Incident 19930703035629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930703035629I), Jul 3, 1993: Namer SNJ4 (N7038C), Kenosha, WI, Minor damage. Pilot taxied into the wing of a parked aircraft. Pilot had restricted vision.

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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