NTSB Faults Aircraft Modifications In Reno Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is faulting deteriorated locknut inserts found in a “highly modified” World War II-era North American P-51D for the Sept. 16, 2011, crash during the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. The crash, which killed the pilot and 10 other people on...

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