# Accident 20130613012242A: Aero Vodochody L39C, Reno, NV, June 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2013, 17:05 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno Tahoe Stead
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6681° N, 119.8764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6681&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8124N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8124N-2019-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ivchenko AL-25SERIES (registry code 34702, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ivchenko-al-25series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: IVCHENKO AL-25SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,791 total, 287 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130613012242A

## Narrative

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

6-13-2013 APPROXIMATELY 1705 PDT; DURING THE AFTERNOON PYLON RACING SCHOOL PRACTICE SORTIE, RACE 99 N2399V (ROOKIE) AND RACE 777 N8124N (EXPERIENCED) RACER COLLIDED AS THEY ROUNDED PYLON 4.  RACE 777 COLLIDED WITH THE BOTTOM OF RACE 99. RACE 777 IMPACTED RACE 99 ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE NOSE (COCKPIT AREA) THE FORWARD BELLY PUNCHING A HOLE INTO IT JUST AFT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING ALSO HAS SCRATCHING FROM THE COLLISION. APPROXIMATELY 50 % OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER OF RACE 777 WERE BENT TO THE RIGHT AND WERE BROKEN OFF; THERE IS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE TOP OF THE RIGHT ELEVATOR.

RACE 99 LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE AFTER THE MID-AIR COLLISION.

RACE 777 ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO TUMBLE OUT OF CONTROL, IMMEDIATELY RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND THEN MADE THREE LANDING ATTEMPTS WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 14 WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE SECOND ON RUNWAY 26 AGAIN UNSUCCESSFUL, THE THIRD AND FINAL WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 14 COMING TO REST AT THE FAR SOUTH END THE RUNWAY ON THE TAXIWAY.

THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF RACE 777 FROM THE GEAR UP LANDING.

NEITHER PILOT SUFFERED ANY INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2399V, Aero Vodochody L39C: [Accident 20130613012852A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130613012852A)

## 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 WPR13LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA270), Jun 14, 2013: Aero Vodochody L39C (N8124N), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The other pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane during an air race training session, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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