A preliminary investigation suggests there was confusion among pilots just before a fatal mid-air collision at the National Championship Air Races last month but sheds little light on why.
The National Transportation Safety Board released a four-page report Wednesday with some of the few details investigators have pieced together in their preliminary probe of the cause ofRushing had just won the T-6 title race and Macy had finished second when their vintage single-engine planes collided as they were moving into position about 300 feet off the ground to land at the Reno-Stead Airport, witnesses told the NTSB.
McMann said Rushing was on a “wider base” than the previous two flights, and Macy was “tighter” than his position, the report said. “Shortly after, he observed Rushing where he expected him to be in level flight ... briefly before it began to roll to the right and descend,” the report said. A final report on the cause of the crash at the airport just north of Reno isn’t expected to be completed for at least another year.Reno Air Racing Association CEO Fred Telling, a former T-6 racer, was among those who noted the large wings on the planes used to train World War II pilots can restrict visibility for the pilot of a plane flying above another below.
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