- Date
- September 16, 1981
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28LLLa Lee W-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810916059229A
- Case key
- 123284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2435 81/9/16 RENO,NV LA LEE W-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N28LL PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 65, 10298 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2 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: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- AIR RACE TRIALS.WITNESS STATED HEARD ACFT BACKFIRE TWICE THEN ACFT DOVE AT 45DEG ANGLE INTO GD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28LL
- Reported as
- La Lee W-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reno Stead
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.