Cassutt BARTH N7017

3 June 1972 · Sterling, Virginia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 3 June 1972 at about 14:40 local time, a Cassutt BARTH registered N7017 was involved in an accident during in flight near Sterling, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 June 1972 at 14:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Sterling, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Dulles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cassutt BARTH
Registration: N7017
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Air Show/Air Racing
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Dulles Intl Arpt, Va → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0012

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

2ND LAP NR 3 PYLON TURN, ACFT SKIDDED, R WING HIT L WING N66AN.R WING N7017 SEPARATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0012, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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