![]() The first was that 74-year-old pilot James “Jimmy” Leeward took last-minute actions to avoid hitting the crowded grandstands. Tuesday’s news conference cast strong doubts on at least two widely-held beliefs about the accident. “This pilot, in this airplane, had never flown this fast, on this course,” Hersman said. ![]() The P-51 aircraft, The Galloping Ghost, was flying the fastest it had ever flown on the Reno course since the plane had been modified in 2009, the safety board said. Nonetheless, the board issued seven recommendations to make conditions safer at the next Reno air race, scheduled for September.įoremost among the recommendations: the safety board said all of the unlimited class aircraft like the P-51 Mustang should be made to demonstrate their airworthiness at racing speeds before participating in a public air race. Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman said it would be months before the board determines the probable cause of the accident. The safety board released the details at a news conference in Reno, Nevada, not far from the crash site. Photographs show the violent force deformed the plane’s fuselage, forced the tail wheel to deploy and likely resulted in the plane’s trim tab – a piece of the tail – to fly off, the safety board said. ![]() The safety board said the pilot rapidly experienced more than 9 g’s of acceleration, enough to decrease blood flow to his brain and render him unconscious. ![]() The pilot of the P-51 Mustang that crashed at the Reno Air Races last September experienced overwhelming g-forces at the outset of the incident, and likely was incapacitated almost instantly, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. ![]()
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