Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX83FA446

SUN VALLEY, NV, USA

Aircraft #1

N301LS

MORTENSEN LOMBARD DILLEY-68

Analysis

THE PLT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL COMPETING IN A PYLON AIR RACE DURING THE RENO NATIONAL AIR RACES. THE ACFT WERE APPROACHING THE FIRST PYLON IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, ANOTHER ACFT PULLED IN FRONT OF HIM, & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A COLLISION AT ABOUT 200 MPH, & WITH ONLY 35 FT OF ALTITUDE, THE ACFT STALLED & CRASHED.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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