ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283529
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| Date: | Sunday 18 September 2022 |
| Time: | 15:44 |
| Type: |  Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin |
| Owner/operator: | HGA LLC |
| Registration: | N129MM |
| MSN: | 892790 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3483 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Reno Stead Airport (RTS/KRTS), Reno, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Reno-Stead Airport, NV (KRTS) |
| Reno-Stead Airport, NV (KRTS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On September 18, 2022, about 1544 Pacific daylight time, an Aerovodochody L29-Delphin, N129MM, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Reno, Nevada. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 Air Race flight.
The accident airplane, operated as Race 29, was on lap 3 of 6. Witnesses reported that the accident airplane began a climb as it neared outer pylon no. 4 and appeared to tighten its left turn back toward the inner portion of the racecourse. At the peak of the climb, the airplane entered an approximate 90° right bank and started a descent before it rolled left to an approximate 90° bank. The airplane continued to descend in a steep left bank, nose-low attitude until it impacted terrain just beyond outer pylon no. 5.
A photograph captured by a witness just prior to impact showed that all primary flight controls remained attached to the airframe at the time of the accident.
Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane impacted terrain on a magnetic heading of about 229°. The first identified point of contact (FIPC) with terrain was a swath of freshly disturbed dirt, consistent with a left-wing impact. The swath of disturbed dirt continued for about 180 ft to a large burn area, which contained various fragments of wreckage. The 2,200 ft long debris path continued along a magnetic heading of about 242° degrees and contained fragments of wreckage along with portions of both wings, empennage, and engine.
The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.
Sources:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/single-engine-plane-crashes-reno-air-races-faa/story?id=90128192
https://mynews4.com/news/local/plane-goes-down-at-reno-air-races-sparks-fire?fbclid=IwAR0vcKo7NzvL88S_Ay7ujVZLcbXbANzAKpjRgQ2GwpOlrqbNvsb9mjSRQYo
https://www.flyingmag.com/reno-jet-gold-race-ends-in-tragedy/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=129MM
https://photos-e1.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/476dd93d5afb00499773af2bed83ba077cb19fc5 (photo)
Location
Media:
NTSB investigating the Sept. 18, crash of an Aero Vodochody L-29 aircraft near Reno, Nevada.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 19, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2022 23:12 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 18-Sep-2022 23:30 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 00:41 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-Sep-2022 00:57 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 01:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 01:29 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 01:31 | johnwg | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2022 01:34 | johnwg | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Sep-2022 01:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 05:20 | Anon. | Updated [Time] |
| 19-Sep-2022 12:52 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 13:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 20:04 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2022 16:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2022 10:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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