- Date
- September 14, 1979
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9SLSchultz SL-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790914023799A
- Case key
- 133969
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2384 79/9/14 RENO,NV SCHULTZ SL-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N9SL PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 41, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO-STEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- PYLON RACING.CRASHED DRG 1ST PYLON TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9SL
- Reported as
- Schultz SL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reno-Stead
N9SLRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 1981 · Lemire-Schultz FORMULA SL-1Airframe modelLemire-Schultz FORMULA SL-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.