Mortensen LOMBARD DILLEY-68 N301LS
17 September 1983 · Sun Valley, Nevada, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 17 September 1983 at about 18:15 local time, a Mortensen LOMBARD DILLEY-68 registered N301LS was involved in an accident near Sun Valley, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sun Valley, Nevada, United States
- Nearest airport
- Reno-Stead (4SD)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mortensen LOMBARD DILLEY-68
- Registration
- N301LS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX83FA446
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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