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NTSB investigation record

NYC97LA125

Completed

Shafer Sonerai-i· N20CS, Smith Sonerai-i· N77TY

NTSB Report
Date
June 22, 1997
Location
W.hampton Beach, NY
Conditions
VMC
Record
Published December 31, 1998

Primary finding

Probable cause

failure of the number two pilot (N77TY) to follow race procedures, and failure of the number three pilot (N20CS) to turn and avoid the number two airplane, when it decelerated into the number three pilot's blind spot.

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