- Date
- September 17, 1972
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N70TTThomas BTS
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1002 72/9/17 RENO,NEV THOMAS BTS CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 8200 TIME - 1145 N70TT PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO STEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT OBSD WINGS LVL SLIGHT NOSE DWN ATTITUDE SUDDENLY PITCHED OVR TO NEAR VERTICAL PSN,CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70TT
- Reported as
- Thomas BTS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reno Stead
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