NTSB: Air frame separated from plane at Reno Air Races
By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal
The National Transportation Safety Board confirms some of the air frame to Jimmy Leeward’s P-51 separated at the Reno National Championship Air Races as his airplane crashed.
The NTSB reports 10 fatalities on the ground and the death of the pilot and said 74 people were injured during the crash last Friday at the Reno-Stead Airport. It reports 66 of the injuries were serious.
The NTSB this morning released its preliminary report on the crash.