- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7715CN American P-51D
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916028239A
- Case key
- 133623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2803 79/9/16 RENO,NV N AMERICAN P-51D CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1627 N7715C PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 27, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO STEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PYLON RACING AT RENO AIR RACES.ENG FAILED DRG FINAL LAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7715C
- Reported as
- N American P-51D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reno Stead
N7715CRegistered now · North American F-51DAirframe modelNorth American F-51DEngine modelPackard LIBERTY
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7715C · 1
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