The NTSB has released its final report on a fatal accident at the 2023 Reno Air Races.
On the final day of the last air races in Reno, Sept. 17, 2023, veteran T-6 racing pilots Nick Macy, Race 6, and Chris Rushing, Race 14, died in a collision following the T-6 Gold Race.
The agency found the probable cause of the accident as “the failure of both the Race 14 and Race 6 pilots to see and avoid each other while in the airport traffic pattern. Contributing to the accident was both pilots’ failure to fly the standard downwind and base legs.”…