NTSB VIDEO SHOWS RENO CRASH SEQUENCE
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#207263)
The NTSB is meeting today (Aug. 26, 2012) to determine a probable
cause of the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno on
Sept. 16, 2011 that resulted in the deaths of 10 people and injured
more than 60. Jimmy Leeward's highly modified P-51, the Galloping
Ghost, went out of control near the home stretch pylon and crashed a
few feet from a premium ramp seating area. Leeward and eight others
died at the scene and a ninth spectator died later in hospital. The
role of the departure of the left trim tab has been a major factor in
the investigation and video released by the NTSB last week shows the
aircraft was clearly out of control before the part separated from the
aircraft, although that doesn't mean it wasn't damaged or disabled
before it fell.
VIDEO: RENO CRASH VIDEO SHOWS TRIM TAB LOSS AFTER PITCH-UP
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#207264)
(http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/excl...264-1.html)The
NTSB released a spectator video of the September 16, 2011 crash of
Jimmy Leeward's modified P-51 at the National Championship Air Races
in Reno. The board is meeting August 26 to determine a probable cause.
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#207263)
The NTSB is meeting today (Aug. 26, 2012) to determine a probable
cause of the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno on
Sept. 16, 2011 that resulted in the deaths of 10 people and injured
more than 60. Jimmy Leeward's highly modified P-51, the Galloping
Ghost, went out of control near the home stretch pylon and crashed a
few feet from a premium ramp seating area. Leeward and eight others
died at the scene and a ninth spectator died later in hospital. The
role of the departure of the left trim tab has been a major factor in
the investigation and video released by the NTSB last week shows the
aircraft was clearly out of control before the part separated from the
aircraft, although that doesn't mean it wasn't damaged or disabled
before it fell.
VIDEO: RENO CRASH VIDEO SHOWS TRIM TAB LOSS AFTER PITCH-UP
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#207264)
(http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/excl...264-1.html)The
NTSB released a spectator video of the September 16, 2011 crash of
Jimmy Leeward's modified P-51 at the National Championship Air Races
in Reno. The board is meeting August 26 to determine a probable cause.
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