- Date
- June 3, 1972
- Place
- Sterling, VA · STERLING, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66ANLowers R-1N7017Cassutt Barth
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0012 72/6/3 STERLING,VA CASSUTT BARTH CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 10200 TIME - 1440 N7017 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL ARPT,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 2ND LAP NR 3 PYLON TURN,ACFT SKIDDED,R WING HIT L WING N66AN.R WING N7017 SEPARATED.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0012 72/6/3 STERLING,VA LOWERS R-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1440 N66AN PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 35, 5800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 1 0 0 14 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL ARPT,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- 2ND LAP NR 3 PYLON TURN.LAST OBSVD OTR ACFT ABT 30-45 DEG TO REAR.R WING N7017 HIT L WING N66AN.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N66AN
- Reported as
- Lowers R-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
- Registration
- N7017
- Reported as
- Cassutt Barth
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
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.