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OAK76FXQ15

1975-09-12 · RENO, Nevada, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N121R

Make / Model
BOEING PT-13D
Year of manufacture
1943 · 32 years old at event
Engine
P&W R1340 SERIES (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790418
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A058E0

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STEARMAN PT-17 · N121R
Damage
Minor
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
Business
Airport
RENO STEAD
Kind of flying
DF

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
060° / 12 kt
Temp
77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000075-5510
Total time
1,600 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
6,000
Age
44

Investigator remarks

AIR SHOW WING WALKING ACT,INVERTED FLT.

Cause factors

  • 64/A/54 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/H J
    WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2797. Source file NTSB_1975_3_2797.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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