I’ll never forget that day. I live about 2 miles from the airport and had just left the house to see a movie with my wife. I didn’t know about the crash but saw a line of ambulances rushing to the airport. I called our dispatcher to find out if we were on code triage. He said no, but I told my wife to drop me off at the hospital where I worked. About a minute later I was told to come in. Within an hour the ER looked like we were in a war zone. Most of the staff who were working that day, which was literally everyone on staff at the time, are gone now, but the effects never completely disappeared. It permanently changed the people I worked with.
I was 12 when this happened and I was supposed to end up going myself with some friends and family. We all voted against it and went to the coconut bowl instead....
Yeah, me too. Fuckin' guy is never around for anyone, not even his son when he was getting nailed to a cross, but yeah, he was going to give this crowd a hand? Pfff. Incompetent.
@@AdamBorseti Jesus didnt need his father to save him. He could have killed everyone that was torturing him but that would defeat the purpose. If demons were terrified of his very presence as a human what makes you think he wasnt powerful? His purpose was to be sacrificed to forgive all our sins so that we may be forgiven and have ever lasting life in Gods new Kingdom once he gets rid of the corrupt governments we have today. And his father did save him because 3 days later he was resurrected. Death isnt the end of everything. There will be a Ressurection for EVERYONE that has ever existed and died. Including your disrespectful dumbass.
I still have my tickets from that day. Sat in the next set of stands over from this and will NEVER forget the sound. I turned away and didn't want to see the people.
First time I've seen this. I knew Jim Leeward well. He had an air ranch in my hometown of Ocala Florida. Seeing this video brings back memories of him and my Dad. Rest in peace to them both.
@@keefbeef no one in the stands thought watching 70+ year old planes racing 500+mph while low altitude and close together was particularly safe. And for good reason, shit like this can happen with all those variables.
The pilot was quickly unconscious due to the sudden surge in G forces after losing trim tab. Pitch control lost when shooting vertical. Estimate 15 Gs. Tragic.
This crash is also entirely because of the pilot, he had illegal and untested modifications to his plane. What is tragic is that he took so many people with him.
I work for as a paramedic in Phoenix and I have a friend of mine who moved to Arizona from Nevada not long ago who responded to this and was among the first on scene. It was a real disaster. Legs, hands, and body parts all around the crash then a lot of people in critical condition. He was like If we didn't have the road ways closed off and wide open after the crash. The dozens of people who lived would've bled out in the ambulance.
+Donal Parlett jr The NTSB reports were finished years ago and had a lot of still photos and video evidence. Photos and video are explained in the reports, and what was happening during the accident.
NTSB can’t confiscate video. They can request a judge issue a subpoena for the footage but the owner of the video is allowed to keep either the original or copy of footage.
@@dpurplefox I don't think there is a single pilot out there that would knowingly put fans at risk. I've seen planes deliberately crashed in order to avoid people on the ground. I believe the consensus was that Mr Leeward was knocked unconscious by the failure, otherwise I'm sure he would have done everything in his power to minimize casualties, or avoid the crowd altogether.
j dman The only stupid is you to not have the intelligence to google the accident. A part of the aircraft separated incapacitating the pilot and forcing it to roll over and crash.
What a tragedy. I love airplanes and had my own when I was younger. So beautiful to watch but life can change in a second. Proper maintenance is key. Fly high guys. From South Africa.
My good friend was working dispatch when this happened. Thousands of calls flooded the boards. People were audible puking on the phone. Seasoned cops, firefighters, and emergency personnel were dumbfounded at the carnage. Body parts strew everywhere. People turned into smears. It was beyond awful.
Chad Klaren no, that’s not what happens. This has been done thousands of times. The crash happened due to poor maintenance on a 51 year only plane. But the setting is not the cause of this.
Ian Kane Elevator fin snapped off which forced him to do suddenly 17Gs and then he blacked out and as he begin to wake up he seems to try to nose up but it’s too late.
Unless you're going to hell cuz that's where Jimmy Boy is spending his eternity for murdering 11, injuring and maiming 70 and destroying thousands of lives... the arrogant bastard
@Jay M I politely call bullshit... he modified that plane way beyond specs and lied a shit ton to the FAA and Reno Race officials cuz if he hadn't there's no effin way anyone responsible for public safety would have allowed that plane to fly, seeing as he himself gave fuck all about anybody else. The sux part is his buddies on his team went along with the charade, which means Jimmy thought himself better than everybody else and rules didn't apply to him. But lets not squabble in the details, the bigger picture is what ultimately matters - the many dead, many more maimed, the many many more wounded and traumatized and the many many many more lives permanently altered by this arrogant man's selfish actions. Thousands of lives and family trees were altered by one deranged man, too old to drive let alone fly and certainly not race high speed planes
I didn't know about this incident, but TH-cam recommended it to me. I'm glad it did. We need to stop censoring things like this, and wake up to the fact that your life is very fragile, even if that thought makes us uncomfortable. I'm so sorry this happened, but maybe we will learn from this tragedy. If we do, his sacrifice will not be in vain.
My mom and I were offered tickets to the VIP section that year but we're feeling under the weather and didn't go, but I remember hearing the town on alert and in mourning. My heart broke 💔 for all those involved. I later met some who had been injured but lived but also had friends and family killed. My mom and I visited the fence memorial and signed the sign one night when it was so quiet realizing how close we too came to being there. It still gets me in the pit of my stomach. I pray many lessons can be learned for better safety in different areas. My kudos go out to the emergency workers and others who helped in that time of such a sad and chaotic moment.
Yeah the pilot pulled a sudden 11g because the elevator trim seperated from the galloping ghost, this made him loose consciousness.. after that he plummeted into the ground. The guy screaming no no no in the background realised this and he was hoping he had not lost his consciousness because that sudded lift would do that.. he was also probobly a pilot and knew that this was not right.
From what I have read up on this incident the PIC Jimmy Leeward was exposed to a few seconds of +15 G's of force on his body. Not even the pilots that fly high end fighter jets with special G suits can survive a few seconds of 15 G's... For those of you wondering what 15 G's is like.... take your body weight and multiply it by 15x, this means if you weigh a mere 150lbs at 15 G's you are feeling 2,250 lbs of force exerted on your body. This is like someone setting nearly the full weight of a Mazda Miata MX-5 all over your entire body. To those calling the PIC a murderer for running into the stands, he was not conscious once the "pull up" happened when the trim broke, not even the best fighter pilots in the world with the best G suit gear could have saved that plane in that situation. To make a reference that is more relatable to the average person, when you are in an elevator and it starts its initial pull up and your knees bend a little, that's roughly 2 G's
@@Summernightsandneonlights Yeah its around 1.5 - 2g's elevator depending. Many of the older elevators could even give you a 2.25G pull if they were designed to be fast but had no acceleration buffering like modern elevators do. If you want to get a sense of G forces, rollercoasters are awesome for this. Go on a theme park rollercoaster that has a long train and ride at the very back, that will give you the most G forces, typically around 3 G's, the highest MODERN recorded was 6.5G's if I remember correctly. Keep in mind that if you pull 4 G's or maybe even 4.5G's at the rear of the rollercoaster you are still around a 1/4 of the G's this man pulled.
@@Spartan536 I wonder how many some of them old carnival rides like I think tilt-r-whirl or the one where the floor drops out from under you have. I thought I read that it was probably cause by a lock nut being reused.. I thought they all have to have cotter pins or bailling wire through them. I would think that even a brand new lock nut could be faulty because it's just some nylon and it's impossible to see what's going on inside the nut.. it would be better if the threads were niked or even double nutted but cotter pins or aircraft wire would be the safest
@@Summernightsandneonlights A rollercoaster from 1912 apparently pulled 12G's at its peak, so that might give you some idea. Older rides were designed with different principles and regulations in mind.
"The investigation report, released in August 2012, found that the probable cause of the crash was reused single-use locknuts in the left elevator trim tab system that loosened. This led to a fatigue crack in an attachment screw and allowed the trim tab to flutter. This flutter caused the trim tab link assembly to fail which led to the loss of control of the aircraft. Untested and undocumented modifications to the airplane contributed to the accident. Particularly, the right trim tab had been fixed in place. Had both trim tabs been operational, the loss of the left trim tab alone may not have caused the loss of control. When the trim tab failed, Leeward experienced 17 g, which quickly incapacitated him and likely rendered him unconscious"
@@owenwilder3083 Lots man we fly these small racing drones at about 100mph and often close to spectators at events if we crash people are gonna get hurt and it wont be minor one . You can learn a lesson from everything u know
Most likely was a pilot. No one can just yank the stick back and pull a sudden turn like that and still be awake. The elevator trim broke and when the plane yanked itself up and into a turn, the engine made a horrible sound and that is what probably told him "He's going to crash". The sound of a plane dive bombing is so horrific.
Anyone who intentionally or not intentionally skies like that in the middle of the race has a major problem with the aircraft. If you know Reno air racing you knew it was bad. I've seen 3 crashes during the years I went. in 2 the pilots were killed. The other was able to bring in a tail dragger on the runway and keep the prop up and not stick it into the runway. Just before he stopped he broke the prop off in the runway. Incredible landing. I've seen planes lose hydraulics and the plane flew around until the pilot could manually crank the gear down. Air racing is dangerous. These are old planes, modified to the edge of their capability. Wings are cropped for speed but lift is compromised. Ether is injected on the Gold race. As a fan you need to pay attention and put some thought into where you stand for certain races, but in the end, it's just a dangerous sport for fans and participants and crew.
Most people who saw that knew. It was upside down and plummeting towards the ground at speed. You don't need to be Chuck Yeager to know it ain't looking good.
Idk why this was on my recommended but damn this brought back a lot of memories. I was here the day before and lived a couple miles away. Never forget that day... rip.
I agree. Good camera work and good job documenting this. It is the most definitive footage, IMO, in terms of the actual trajectory of the aircraft, as painful as it is to watch. My thoughts go out to all the victims and injured. What a tragic incident...
The fact that you can literally hear the aircraft jerk and pull 17G in a matter of 1 second at 1:20 just gives me goosebumps. The sound is so specific, you know something is going wrong when you hear it...
Yeah the engine sounds during video footage of aviation crashes really freaks me out, you instinctively know something has gone horribly wrong, judging from the audience reaction it sounds like a lot of people on the ground heard it too
@@ulyssesgrant4324 He must have recognized it too, the sound is like a gunshot when you don't expect it. From other perspectives you could even hear the plane spinning.
My father took me to an RC plane show when I was maybe 8 years old. One of the wooden planes ended up crashing into the ground. We made our way to the car as we walked by a circle of people standing around someone who was lying on the floor. I could only see the legs and I'm pretty sure they were unusually red. We saw the ambulance on our way home. So pretty much the same thing happened to me on a much smaller scale. That is pretty chilling.
@@arikatz9219 so... azur lane ads are based on my watch history? And other Chinese game ads? Dawg... I don't play those kind of mobile games 💀 heck I don't even play games on my phone.
Just the fact that the plain did that could have killed him... That’s a lot of force to be thrown around up there... Planes ain’t no joke... That’s one of the reasons I am afraid of them...
@@turnerbullock6093 the g force wouldn't kill you. They estimated the pilot hit 15G, definitely enough to knock you out but the pilot was still alive until he hit the ground.
I have more sympathy for the victims on the ground than the pilot. He was highly experienced, yet evidently careless about the modifications and maintenance of his plane. It's one thing to risk your own life, it's another to risk those of others.
Ugh, this still haunts me 9 years later. My 2 best friends and I were supposed to be there that day. We had tickets in the section right behind where he augured in, about 30 ft away. But they couldn't go at the last minute so we ended up missing it
This is one of the most surreal angles of this crash. It doesn't show the impact necessarily, but captures the planes dynamics leading up to it and the peoples reactions from afar. Quite unsettling.
How come the best viewing angles and the best footage of something is always the hardest to find...it is mind boggling how great this footage is at showing what happened...
Witnessed Steve Hinton crashing the Red Baron in 1979 at the Reno Nat's. Same reactions,,completely. Most of the stands emptied pretty quick as I remember. Not a dry eye. Steve was the Dale Earnhardt of the day with that Red Baron. Everyone cheered the Baron on. We were amazed to hear back at MGM Grand that Steve had survived. Steve had a angel with him that day,,as did Jimmy and the rest of the lost souls on this. No one was a witness to Steve's crash,,as he dropped over the end of the runway and out of sight. Big black cloud pumped up after he hit and tumbled. The really shocking part of Jimmy's crash was that everyone was witness with cell phones recording everyone reaction,,which shocks even more. I guess you kinda get numb,,when you witness enough death. Thanks AutoPilotof4.
LOVE that sound though -- reminds me of the scene in "Empire of the Sun' where Jim sees the P-51s attacking the airfield next to the internment camp. 'Cadillac of the Skies'!!!
I was there and saw it. Also did debriefing with my critical incident team. A tremendous loss of life, beautiful historical plane and so much grief for all those watching. A very sad time.
I don't know if this is the same "team" in question, but I was surprised by how quick and orderly the crowd control/evacuation was set up afterward. Basically as soon as I'd gathered my wits after the initial shock, there were lanes of volunteers guiding a river of crowd, out of the venue. Seemingly popped up by magic out of nowhere. And quickly. So clearly this type of thing was planned and practiced. So kudos to you guys, if this was it.
@docjc9465 you're too stupid to discuss this with. It was a war bird, specifically designed for those kind of maneuvers. I sure didn't see you on the ground that day. Back under the bridge troll
I remember when getting the check in call when I was active duty Navy. "There has been an incident at the air races we are calling for a 100% muster". We got free tickets if we wanted because of where i was stationed. I had thought about going for the day. It changed air racing forever R.I.P. to all that had lost their lives.
I watched this happen from the roof of my camper along the North fence line. It was a terrible thing to see knowing there were casualties. We all sat in front of TV's watching the news. It was very quiet out there.
@@PacMacDo I live in reno. Never I heard anyone slander or dismiss any of the deaths even the pilot. The crash was tragic and that is that. Also the equipment was experimental and not illegal dumbass
@@jhudson_tiedye Oh OK.... God rest those who died as a result of the terrible crash. Sadly it's a risk we take when we attend an airshow, luck was not on their side , or the Pilots , just like many other Airshows accidents.... OK? , any more whataboutery you want to throw in?..... because you could have asked "Jim, did you know that 11 people died on that terrible day?" Idiot
A little late to reply, but he didn’t. When he lost vertical control the plane pulled up and it reached 15 Gs in a couple of seconds. With that amount of Gs, he either died or lost consciousness almost immediately (that’s going from your normal weight to 15 times your weight in one or two seconds). Most likely he didn’t even have the time to process that something was wrong.
hell of a thing to watch. I don't know why I subjected myself to this...again...9 years later. My condolences to the Leeland family, hope time has helped you heal some from your loss.
it’s scary i was actually sitting right above where this occurred but my mom had a pain in her back and we literally left the race before this happened. Lord protecting us
My uncle was a first responder there and the racing track across the field had a strong stench of iron, my heart goes out to all the people that died that day.
Hmm I've never heard about this accident before, interesting stuff. I don't know much about flying but I didnt even think it was possible to pull that many G's with a plane like that😲 crazy stuff
@@ashertungsvik8583 i know bro, and i feel sorry for that, but still they sound great and i suppose he died doing what he loved, just like my grandfather in the 2ww (he was a fighter pilot for the Romanian army) so that being said i meant no disrespect!
Actually this is partially incorrect. What happened is the plane lost its trim tab. By having lost the trim tab the plane loses control of pitch in the sense it shoots up vertically. The part where you made your mistake is that the pilot was rendered unconscious due to the sudden increase in g force and in turn the plane comes crashing down
The NTSB photo study shows that the trim tab had already failed before it fell off later. The control links were moving out of normal range and were sticking out, meaning that the tab had already failed and started to flutter before the pitch up. Once the tab stopped working, the plane was out of control.
So the trim tab separated from the elevator because of excessive flutter, and why did the tailwheel drop down too, did the g-force overcome the spring tension and lock down?
I'd still consider the death rate about on par with normal racecars. You got to think, this is an air race we're talking about here. It's all about pushing the aircraft to their absolute limit. It's not the aircraft themselves that are the problem. I'm pretty sure lots of other pilots know this as well.
Jimmy Leeward was known among his peers as a strong competitor as well as flying the most consistent laps in their Class. RIP him, Gary Levitz, John Parker & Daryl Greenameyer.
Yeah, pretty sure he broke FAA rules and regulations to be that strong competitor and got 11 people killed and 60 injured. I don't think he's resting in peace.
@@zee_terminator2850 you don't slack when building airplanes, and when its a racing plane that matters even more. even if this wasn't intentional, he is still at fault, and has 11 people on his name as well.
On September 16, 2011, about 1625 Pacific daylight time, an experimental, single-seat North American P-51D, N79111, collided with the airport ramp in the spectator box seating area following a loss of control during the National Championship Air Races unlimited class gold race at the Reno/Stead Airport (RTS), Reno, Nevada. The airplane was registered to Aero-Trans Corp (dba Leeward Aeronautical Sales), Ocala, Florida, and operated by the commercial pilot as Race 177, The Galloping Ghost, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot and 10 people on the ground sustained fatal injuries, and at least 64 people on the ground were injured (at least 16 of whom were reported to have sustained serious injuries). The airplane sustained substantial damage, fragmenting upon collision with the ramp. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local air race flight, which departed RTS about 10 minutes before the accident. Probable Cause: The reduced stiffness of the elevator trim tab system that allowed aerodynamic flutter to occur at racing speeds. The reduced stiffness was a result of deteriorated locknut inserts that allowed the trim tab attachment screws to become loose and to initiate fatigue cracking in one screw sometime before the accident flight. Aerodynamic flutter of the trim tabs resulted in a failure of the left trim tab link assembly, elevator movement, high flight loads, and a loss of control. Contributing to the accident were the undocumented and untested major modifications to the airplane and the pilot’s operation of the airplane in the unique air racing environment without adequate flight testing.
If I'm remembering correctly, this occurred on Friday....the 3rd day of the 5 scheduled. I was out there on Thursday, because I think it was the only day the USAF Thunderbirds were going to perform. The crowds would have been much heavier on Sat. & Sun. He hit in front of the main grandstand ( into a VIP seating area...)......but on the backside of those stands......there are all sorts of vendors set up.
Not even a post crash fire. The plane literally vaporized upon impact. Sad. R.I.P. to Jimmy and those spectators who were unfortunate to lose their lives.
Rob kinda what I was thinking, as uncommon as these crashes are I didn’t think stuffs gonna start exploding or other planes were gonna start falling from the sky..I had also read some comments saying his plane and the modifications might not have been legal
@@dizzyrobbins3549 Those people are retards, every plane you see here has had modifications and at the time weren't even illegal. What happened was a bolt broke, having him sharply turn up and had nothing to do with the modifications, just a 25+ year old bolt that couldn't take it.
Pilots die sometimes but that one changed everything forever. I have never been to those air races but I would go during the races to Reno. It's a very risky event
this is my hometown i remember the day it happened my mom was going to buy us tickets for the show the same damn day!! They sold out and i remember her getting fast food for us around 4-5 pm if i remember and telling me a crash happened at the very show we tried getting tickets to. A highschool friend told me he was 3-4 rows back from the impact site and a piece of debris made a small cut on his leg and pants. I remember watching this video and the one from the bleachers with the plane roaring into the crowd at school with friends
There was someone saying no no no before he even turned towards the ground. That was one smart guy. He could see the g forces of that turn were too high for the pilot to stay conscious. Terrible tragedy.
Yeah makes me think he must be a pilot. And maybe a stunt pilot or military or something like that, because to be able to visually identify that seems like a more advanced skill. But I'm not even a basic pilot so I wouldn't really know that for sure.
Just found out about this and damn it's scary just watching these people enjoying a perfectly normal day and then this happens. Just another reminder that life is such a gift and anything can go wrong at any moment.
I’ll never forget that day. I live about 2 miles from the airport and had just left the house to see a movie with my wife. I didn’t know about the crash but saw a line of ambulances rushing to the airport. I called our dispatcher to find out if we were on code triage. He said no, but I told my wife to drop me off at the hospital where I worked. About a minute later I was told to come in. Within an hour the ER looked like we were in a war zone. Most of the staff who were working that day, which was literally everyone on staff at the time, are gone now, but the effects never completely disappeared. It permanently changed the people I worked with.
I was 12 when this happened and I was supposed to end up going myself with some friends and family. We all voted against it and went to the coconut bowl instead....
I forgot it few days after.
That's what you should expect working in a hospital...
What movie were you gonna see?
@@salmonbandi4665 huh?
Guy yelling “No no please no God no!” tore me up a bit
Weeblackie - ok edgelord
Yeah, me too. Fuckin' guy is never around for anyone, not even his son when he was getting nailed to a cross, but yeah, he was going to give this crowd a hand? Pfff. Incompetent.
@NATHAN WAHL 😒 please
@@AdamBorseti Jesus didnt need his father to save him. He could have killed everyone that was torturing him but that would defeat the purpose. If demons were terrified of his very presence as a human what makes you think he wasnt powerful?
His purpose was to be sacrificed to forgive all our sins so that we may be forgiven and have ever lasting life in Gods new Kingdom once he gets rid of the corrupt governments we have today.
And his father did save him because 3 days later he was resurrected. Death isnt the end of everything. There will be a Ressurection for EVERYONE that has ever existed and died. Including your disrespectful dumbass.
Dark Knight How about you please go back to hell, anti-religious edgy bastard, go back to worshiping you lolis, simp.
I still have my tickets from that day. Sat in the next set of stands over from this and will NEVER forget the sound. I turned away and didn't want to see the people.
I've been there. That had to be frightening. Those stands aren't that big.
There wasn’t anything left to see.
Yeah i wouldn't have helped either
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First time I've seen this. I knew Jim Leeward well. He had an air ranch in my hometown of Ocala Florida. Seeing this video brings back memories of him and my Dad. Rest in peace to them both.
But it's in luiggi code? it.s dead?
How do you feel about Jim now? Now that he has killed 10 people by messing around with his plane?
@@keefbeef You're a sick person, you may not know it, but surely people around you do.
@@keefbeef no one in the stands thought watching 70+ year old planes racing 500+mph while low altitude and close together was particularly safe. And for good reason, shit like this can happen with all those variables.
@@user-cb1ln8vc8d I agree, but made worse by a pilot with a big ego playing russian roulette by modifying his plane.
The pilot was quickly unconscious due to the sudden surge in G forces after losing trim tab. Pitch control lost when shooting vertical. Estimate 15 Gs. Tragic.
This crash is also entirely because of the pilot, he had illegal and untested modifications to his plane. What is tragic is that he took so many people with him.
@@Hawcz0r how many people died?
11 with 64 injuries. The tragedy is that this idiot didn’t kill himself earlier.
@@rosspimental8384 I'm sure he didn't mean to kill himself though.
@@Hawcz0r It wasn't illegal. It was untested. Very different.
After all these year, never seen this angle before.
Big D -1- Channel same
Congratulations.
What were they flying? Looked like WWII fighter jets, mustangs?
Stretch501st you are correct. They were flying modified p 51d mustangs
Richard G we'll ask him to do it again, hold on!
Hearing the old lady sobbing after having a good time still breaks my heart...
i know, poor woman. i hope she was able to find peace :(
I work for as a paramedic in Phoenix and I have a friend of mine who moved to Arizona from Nevada not long ago who responded to this and was among the first on scene. It was a real disaster. Legs, hands, and body parts all around the crash then a lot of people in critical condition. He was like If we didn't have the road ways closed off and wide open after the crash. The dozens of people who lived would've bled out in the ambulance.
Had not thought about this aspect of this, thanks
Orgasmic experience
The human body is very fragile... Rip to all who died in this tragic event.
@@foolgoboom8766we can also withstand a lot
The best view of what happened to Jimmy Leeland. I've never seen this angle. I'm surprised that the NTSB hadn't confiscated this one.
+Donal Parlett jr The NTSB reports were finished years ago and had a lot of still photos and video evidence. Photos and video are explained in the reports, and what was happening during the accident.
I’ve heard of the NTSB keeping CVRs confidential, but never video
NTSB can’t confiscate video. They can request a judge issue a subpoena for the footage but the owner of the video is allowed to keep either the original or copy of footage.
@@dpurplefox Mechanical failure does not a murderer make. Although the accident caused deaths, it was unintentional.
@@dpurplefox I don't think there is a single pilot out there that would knowingly put fans at risk. I've seen planes deliberately crashed in order to avoid people on the ground. I believe the consensus was that Mr Leeward was knocked unconscious by the failure, otherwise I'm sure he would have done everything in his power to minimize casualties, or avoid the crowd altogether.
Watching someone die and there's nothing you can do about it.Tragic.
Great pain in our heart
Not someone. Many people. In an instant. Very sad.
That dude knew it before it even happened
j dman it wasn’t a maneuver u should watch videos explaining it
j dman
The only stupid is you to not have the intelligence to google the accident. A part of the aircraft separated incapacitating the pilot and forcing it to roll over and crash.
What a tragedy. I love airplanes and had my own when I was younger. So beautiful to watch but life can change in a second. Proper maintenance is key. Fly high guys. From South Africa.
Very nice and heartfelt words.
My good friend was working dispatch when this happened. Thousands of calls flooded the boards. People were audible puking on the phone. Seasoned cops, firefighters, and emergency personnel were dumbfounded at the carnage. Body parts strew everywhere. People turned into smears. It was beyond awful.
Don't attend dumb ass "events" like this 🤷🏻♂️
it landed square in the crowd?
@@Moleskinemanlanded in stands
Wikipedia says the upwards turn caused 17g of force. That is a lot of Gs
At 9.5 to 10G even excellent fighter pilots, very well trained personell pass out within 3-4 seconds!
This was nearly double of the amount.
Yep, knocked the pilot right out.
@@HS-zm4ow sad
74 year old pilot, was probably out like a light in a split second under 17g.
@@Jesse22H The forces in this accident would have overwhelmed any pilot, as stated by the NTSB.
It wasn’t even just the pilot it was like 11 people dead and like 60 injuries.
@Chad Klaren the one who crashed had gone past its limits
Chad Klaren no, that’s not what happens. This has been done thousands of times. The crash happened due to poor maintenance on a 51 year only plane. But the setting is not the cause of this.
Clr- Clr stuck elevator brought him down I believe
Ian Kane Elevator fin snapped off which forced him to do suddenly 17Gs and then he blacked out and as he begin to wake up he seems to try to nose up but it’s too late.
It really could have been a hell of alot worse than 11 deaths.
That lady just started crying and made me feel more sad about that accident😭😭
Who just imagined 0:16 both planes will collide
Me
They were not even closing in?
Maybe bunch of morons
Lol yeah
me but they got good flying skills
9 years later...
TH-cam: “here ya go, watch someone die”
Yeah... TH-cam can be sick in the head sometimes. Just like the bbc.
Fucking hell yeah
Better choose some good words mate, like
TH-cam : "i dont wanna suggest you this video, but my algoritm force me to recommend this to you, sorry"
Ive seen" better" death videos, js.
@@kareemeastman233 wow I wish I could be as edgy as you!
I lost one of my best friends that day. Until we meet again Jim. Until we meet again!
Unless you're going to hell cuz that's where Jimmy Boy is spending his eternity for murdering 11, injuring and maiming 70 and destroying thousands of lives... the arrogant bastard
Was Jim the pilot?
@@tommypetraglia4688 if it was intentional yes but if it was an accident only God knows.
@@hhhfff7953 no. Jim was the guy from Graham Washington. He was there with a guy who owns Wings West. They worked on the govenor's
@Jay M
I politely call bullshit... he modified that plane way beyond specs and lied a shit ton to the FAA and Reno Race officials cuz if he hadn't there's no effin way anyone responsible for public safety would have allowed that plane to fly, seeing as he himself gave fuck all about anybody else.
The sux part is his buddies on his team went along with the charade, which means Jimmy thought himself better than everybody else and rules didn't apply to him.
But lets not squabble in the details, the bigger picture is what ultimately matters - the many dead, many more maimed, the many many more wounded and traumatized and the many many many more lives permanently altered by this arrogant man's selfish actions.
Thousands of lives and family trees were altered by one deranged man, too old to drive let alone fly and certainly not race high speed planes
I didn't know about this incident, but TH-cam recommended it to me. I'm glad it did. We need to stop censoring things like this, and wake up to the fact that your life is very fragile, even if that thought makes us uncomfortable. I'm so sorry this happened, but maybe we will learn from this tragedy. If we do, his sacrifice will not be in vain.
“I’m 14 and this is deep”
Well stated. This should be kept up. Anti Vax stuff should be equally kept up as well, sadly it’ll all go communist eventually
Eh but you know people have even more fragile feelings. They'll get offended
@@legendofzelda2324 …WTF does this have to do with vaccines???
Lol his sacrifice? Dumb a s s intentionally modded his plane illegally. He murdered those people by his negliegence.
I was a regular at the Reno Air Races. I've seen race pilots die before, but I'm so glad I did not go that year. Continue to R.I.P. all who were lost.
WOW HOW LUCKY ARE YOU AND YOUR BULLSHIT STORY GO AWAY
My mom and I were offered tickets to the VIP section that year but we're feeling under the weather and didn't go, but I remember hearing the town on alert and in mourning. My heart broke 💔 for all those involved. I later met some who had been injured but lived but also had friends and family killed. My mom and I visited the fence memorial and signed the sign one night when it was so quiet realizing how close we too came to being there. It still gets me in the pit of my stomach. I pray many lessons can be learned for better safety in different areas. My kudos go out to the emergency workers and others who helped in that time of such a sad and chaotic moment.
The guy saying "Oh nonono" when the plane went up knew it.
Edit: This comment has no reason to be this popular, I mean it.
Yeah, no shit.
Why the fuck did the guy try to do a loop de loop when he was not even 500m up ???
@@juggs9437 he lost trim control and the plane started climbing, too many Gs knocked him unconscious, that's what I read
@@nbain66 oh ok, i didnt realise this was one of those air races i thought it was a aerobatics show that makes sense
@@nbain66 well at least he was unconscious when he died
01:20 The man in the back definitely knew something horrible went wrong.
Must be a pilot
He probably feared the pilot may pass out because of that sharp turn and he actually did
Yeah the pilot pulled a sudden 11g because the elevator trim seperated from the galloping ghost, this made him loose consciousness.. after that he plummeted into the ground. The guy screaming no no no in the background realised this and he was hoping he had not lost his consciousness because that sudded lift would do that.. he was also probobly a pilot and knew that this was not right.
@@Impisak that sound scary.
Derek A you can hear the engine make a different noise he knew
As soon as that plane spiked there was nothing anyone could do.. the g's he pulled definitely blacked him out condolences to all those lost that day
From what I have read up on this incident the PIC Jimmy Leeward was exposed to a few seconds of +15 G's of force on his body. Not even the pilots that fly high end fighter jets with special G suits can survive a few seconds of 15 G's...
For those of you wondering what 15 G's is like.... take your body weight and multiply it by 15x, this means if you weigh a mere 150lbs at 15 G's you are feeling 2,250 lbs of force exerted on your body. This is like someone setting nearly the full weight of a Mazda Miata MX-5 all over your entire body.
To those calling the PIC a murderer for running into the stands, he was not conscious once the "pull up" happened when the trim broke, not even the best fighter pilots in the world with the best G suit gear could have saved that plane in that situation.
To make a reference that is more relatable to the average person, when you are in an elevator and it starts its initial pull up and your knees bend a little, that's roughly 2 G's
Wow I'm suprised that a elevator can put 2 g on a body. Yea once he went upward it was obvious something terrible went wrong. thanks for the info.
@@Summernightsandneonlights Yeah its around 1.5 - 2g's elevator depending. Many of the older elevators could even give you a 2.25G pull if they were designed to be fast but had no acceleration buffering like modern elevators do.
If you want to get a sense of G forces, rollercoasters are awesome for this. Go on a theme park rollercoaster that has a long train and ride at the very back, that will give you the most G forces, typically around 3 G's, the highest MODERN recorded was 6.5G's if I remember correctly.
Keep in mind that if you pull 4 G's or maybe even 4.5G's at the rear of the rollercoaster you are still around a 1/4 of the G's this man pulled.
@@Spartan536 I wonder how many some of them old carnival rides like I think tilt-r-whirl or the one where the floor drops out from under you have. I thought I read that it was probably cause by a lock nut being reused.. I thought they all have to have cotter pins or bailling wire through them. I would think that even a brand new lock nut could be faulty because it's just some nylon and it's impossible to see what's going on inside the nut.. it would be better if the threads were niked or even double nutted but cotter pins or aircraft wire would be the safest
@@Summernightsandneonlights A rollercoaster from 1912 apparently pulled 12G's at its peak, so that might give you some idea.
Older rides were designed with different principles and regulations in mind.
Even the elevator makes me sometimes feel sick so I totally believe he got unconscious fast.
"The investigation report, released in August 2012, found that the probable cause of the crash was reused single-use locknuts in the left elevator trim tab system that loosened. This led to a fatigue crack in an attachment screw and allowed the trim tab to flutter. This flutter caused the trim tab link assembly to fail which led to the loss of control of the aircraft. Untested and undocumented modifications to the airplane contributed to the accident. Particularly, the right trim tab had been fixed in place. Had both trim tabs been operational, the loss of the left trim tab alone may not have caused the loss of control. When the trim tab failed, Leeward experienced 17 g, which quickly incapacitated him and likely rendered him unconscious"
Thank you for sharing, I can barely watch this it makes me so sad that had happened
There are locknuts on my racing drone i am never gonna used reused stuff on them man 😭
Aakash Jana wtf does this have to do with your drones
@@owenwilder3083 Lots man we fly these small racing drones at about 100mph and often close to spectators at events if we crash people are gonna get hurt and it wont be minor one . You can learn a lesson from everything u know
Aakash Jana wow I guess I didn’t realise that! Thanks for explaining! I learned something today!
The man saying no, no no no no, as if he knew what was bound to appen... Just tragic :'(
Most likely was a pilot. No one can just yank the stick back and pull a sudden turn like that and still be awake. The elevator trim broke and when the plane yanked itself up and into a turn, the engine made a horrible sound and that is what probably told him "He's going to crash". The sound of a plane dive bombing is so horrific.
@Your Dad I know I should've corrected it lmao
Anyone who intentionally or not intentionally skies like that in the middle of the race has a major problem with the aircraft. If you know Reno air racing you knew it was bad. I've seen 3 crashes during the years I went. in 2 the pilots were killed. The other was able to bring in a tail dragger on the runway and keep the prop up and not stick it into the runway. Just before he stopped he broke the prop off in the runway. Incredible landing. I've seen planes lose hydraulics and the plane flew around until the pilot could manually crank the gear down. Air racing is dangerous. These are old planes, modified to the edge of their capability. Wings are cropped for speed but lift is compromised. Ether is injected on the Gold race. As a fan you need to pay attention and put some thought into where you stand for certain races, but in the end, it's just a dangerous sport for fans and participants and crew.
Most people who saw that knew. It was upside down and plummeting towards the ground at speed. You don't need to be Chuck Yeager to know it ain't looking good.
@@michaelcarr3924 No shit, Sherlock. But this dude knew the instant the plane yanked up, way before it careened and rolled over towards the ground.
Idk why this was on my recommended but damn this brought back a lot of memories. I was here the day before and lived a couple miles away. Never forget that day... rip.
And this is why air shows are not to be held over land and planes are to keep back from crowds.
Get back in your cave and let the professionals decide the boundaries fool
I agree. Good camera work and good job documenting this. It is the most definitive footage, IMO, in terms of the actual trajectory of the aircraft, as painful as it is to watch. My thoughts go out to all the victims and injured. What a tragic incident...
:(
first i thought "you agree with what?" then i realized that comments worked way differently 9 years ago
@@Moonlakes yea
okay
The fact that you can literally hear the aircraft jerk and pull 17G in a matter of 1 second at 1:20 just gives me goosebumps. The sound is so specific, you know something is going wrong when you hear it...
Yeah the engine sounds during video footage of aviation crashes really freaks me out, you instinctively know something has gone horribly wrong, judging from the audience reaction it sounds like a lot of people on the ground heard it too
Drama-queen.
LapajgoO right after that happened before the crash, a guy on the ground was saying “ No, no, no”
@@ulyssesgrant4324 He must have recognized it too, the sound is like a gunshot when you don't expect it. From other perspectives you could even hear the plane spinning.
@@starmc26 Jesus christ, grow up.
When you see the angle of the crash in other videos with the debris spread out towards the runway, you realize how that angle saved a lot of lives.
My father took me to an RC plane show when I was maybe 8 years old. One of the wooden planes ended up crashing into the ground. We made our way to the car as we walked by a circle of people standing around someone who was lying on the floor. I could only see the legs and I'm pretty sure they were unusually red. We saw the ambulance on our way home. So pretty much the same thing happened to me on a much smaller scale. That is pretty chilling.
I was also at the same show
Did they die?
Much smaller scale...
Yeah, 11 people died and 60 injured. Not even comparable.
@@James_Beekeyboard warriors be like:
Yt : *Sexual ads are allowed and so do people dying BUT WAR HISTORY IS NOT ALLOWED*
True.. im trying to study WW2 german footage.. but off course that’s not allowed on YT..
@black zebra Thanks! I'll check ot out ^^
well ads are based off your previous watch history so....
@@arikatz9219 so... azur lane ads are based on my watch history? And other Chinese game ads? Dawg... I don't play those kind of mobile games 💀 heck I don't even play games on my phone.
@@arikatz9219 not if you have that setting turned off. TH-cam doesn't know what to advertise to me lol
1:21 when he say no, i mean he really quick to understand something is going wrong.
I mean it's pretty obvious it's going very wrong, you don't just randomly pitch up and roll over
Just the fact that the plain did that could have killed him... That’s a lot of force to be thrown around up there... Planes ain’t no joke... That’s one of the reasons I am afraid of them...
And its an air race there at...
Its happened before. 1999 another p51 pitched up suddenly and disintegrated due to aerodynamic forces.
@@turnerbullock6093 the g force wouldn't kill you. They estimated the pilot hit 15G, definitely enough to knock you out but the pilot was still alive until he hit the ground.
I have more sympathy for the victims on the ground than the pilot. He was highly experienced, yet evidently careless about the modifications and maintenance of his plane. It's one thing to risk your own life, it's another to risk those of others.
I have to agree. He was mercifully unconscious, while others didn't get that, including the survivors ...
How about just watching without leaving your opinion on who deserves the most sympathy, very distasteful
@@IndustryCharInnocent people died because of lack of empathy.
@@DwightLivesMatter what
@@DwightLivesMatter do you know what empathy is? Bc you aren't using it in the right context whilst also having none yourself.
got recommended this out of the blue and i'm from Reno. Remember being in school when this happened ..
This wasn't withheld if the video was released in 2011 on TH-cam... Weird how we only get too see it now...
it was probably just a private video
@@JimTrivial there are comments on here from 5 years ago
@@blacksquidgaming funny that i found a comment of mine from 8 years ago on another vid lol
It was likely shadow banned. We now know for certain that is a real thing.
Ugh, this still haunts me 9 years later. My 2 best friends and I were supposed to be there that day. We had tickets in the section right behind where he augured in, about 30 ft away. But they couldn't go at the last minute so we ended up missing it
Wow, its very fortunate you and you're friends called it off, that's a true stroke of luck mate.
Wow… consider every single memory you have from the last 10 years. Makes me wonder if I’ve ever been lucky.
Hope you learned your lesson, not to attend stupid shit like this
@@CrabtreeGuitar you sound like a very very depressed person Ron are you ok mate
Dodged a damn bullet.
I live close to Reno and I remember hearing all about this when I was in middle school. I forget this happened sometimes
This is one of the most surreal angles of this crash. It doesn't show the impact necessarily, but captures the planes dynamics leading up to it and the peoples reactions from afar. Quite unsettling.
0:40
Mr. Anderson, welcome back....we missed you.
How come the best viewing angles and the best footage of something is always the hardest to find...it is mind boggling how great this footage is at showing what happened...
I stumbled on this accidentally
Witnessed Steve Hinton crashing the Red Baron in 1979 at the Reno Nat's. Same reactions,,completely. Most of the stands emptied pretty quick as I remember. Not a dry eye. Steve was the Dale Earnhardt of the day with that Red Baron. Everyone cheered the Baron on. We were amazed to hear back at MGM Grand that Steve had survived. Steve had a angel with him that day,,as did Jimmy and the rest of the lost souls on this. No one was a witness to Steve's crash,,as he dropped over the end of the runway and out of sight. Big black cloud pumped up after he hit and tumbled. The really shocking part of Jimmy's crash was that everyone was witness with cell phones recording everyone reaction,,which shocks even more. I guess you kinda get numb,,when you witness enough death. Thanks AutoPilotof4.
LOVE that sound though -- reminds me of the scene in "Empire of the Sun' where Jim sees the P-51s attacking the airfield next to the internment camp. 'Cadillac of the Skies'!!!
Damn Marlin, I remember this like it was yesterday. I couldn't imagine how terrifying that was for everyone there that day.
This is surreal I have seen so many of these plane getting destroyed in movies that I can't even realize what I've just seen
You were pretty good in batman, but not Ben Affleck good.
I’m pretty sure that these video is the video that really helped the investigators know the reason to the crash
I was there and saw it. Also did debriefing with my critical incident team. A tremendous loss of life, beautiful historical plane and so much grief for all those watching. A very sad time.
I don't know if this is the same "team" in question, but I was surprised by how quick and orderly the crowd control/evacuation was set up afterward. Basically as soon as I'd gathered my wits after the initial shock, there were lanes of volunteers guiding a river of crowd, out of the venue. Seemingly popped up by magic out of nowhere. And quickly. So clearly this type of thing was planned and practiced. So kudos to you guys, if this was it.
Your “beautiful plane” killed innocents
It wasn’t meant to do these stuff in this age
@docjc9465 you're too stupid to discuss this with. It was a war bird, specifically designed for those kind of maneuvers.
I sure didn't see you on the ground that day. Back under the bridge troll
We all cried that day. Some of us still year up just seeing this. We all lost something that day. The following year was a tear-fest on Sunday.
The sound of those engines is intoxicating
Yea and sometimes they just jump in to your lap.
I remember when getting the check in call when I was active duty Navy. "There has been an incident at the air races we are calling for a 100% muster". We got free tickets if we wanted because of where i was stationed. I had thought about going for the day. It changed air racing forever R.I.P. to all that had lost their lives.
I looked for the video because right now I'm watching a documentary about the accident, at Natgeo.
Very sad.
I was in the pits that day and from where I stood it looked like he was going right into the grand stands. Bad day at Reno.
Until I saw this video I had no knowledge of this accident, what a truly heart wrenching video
An hour ago I was talking about this with someone in my office and now it’s in my recommended
WOW!!
What a coincidence.
NOT!
All of a sudden, everyone on TH-cam is an airframe expert.
Welcome to episode 5386 of:
Why is this in my reccomended???
Well, I just watched the same video on reddit and then saw it on here... hmmm
I see you a lot here lol
STOP!
Why do I see one of comments on like every other video I watch?
Most used TH-cam profile pic
I watched this happen from the roof of my camper along the North fence line. It was a terrible thing to see knowing there were casualties. We all sat in front of TV's watching the news. It was very quiet out there.
I was in the camper beside your camper, remember you
@@closed7234 ohhhh really? And what did I make you for breakfast?
@@mtlassen1992 made my owm breakfast Bacon Egg Beans on Toast. Don't accept food from strangers
@@closed7234 Hmmm so out of the 100 campers, you are sure it was me?😁
You had to get outta there to your TV?
The lady whimpering in the last few seconds says it all 😪. Kinda pulls the ❤ strings
The lady sobbing at the end gets me. Such a sad turn to what I’m sure was a great day.
R.I.P ...very sad. My heart went out to his family 9 years ago.
I’m dead lmaooooo
That idiot used untested modifications and killed other people no sympathy for the pilot
@@PacMacDo be more perfect everyone. Like random PacMacDo is.
@@PacMacDo I live in reno. Never I heard anyone slander or dismiss any of the deaths even the pilot. The crash was tragic and that is that. Also the equipment was experimental and not illegal dumbass
@@PacMacDo sad
I've watched the ACI episode on this crash and they didn't have this video...Guess he must have withheld it or something
Never realized they so fast.
RIP Pilot, and thank you for all the fun and excitement you brought to people's lives. 🙏🙏🙏
Nope, fuck that guy
what about the fans that got hit... smh
@@jhudson_tiedye Oh OK.... God rest those who died as a result of the terrible crash.
Sadly it's a risk we take when we attend an airshow, luck was not on their side , or the Pilots , just like many other Airshows accidents....
OK? , any more whataboutery you want to throw in?..... because you could have asked "Jim, did you know that 11 people died on that terrible day?" Idiot
@@jimbanda Its called watch the video, Idiot
@@jhudson_tiedye NO, it's called "Reno Air Crash 2011" , you unhappy ole troll....
That’s devastating. So sorry for him and his family. Crazy that guy knew he was gonna crash well before too. Heartbreaking
A little late to reply, but he didn’t. When he lost vertical control the plane pulled up and it reached 15 Gs in a couple of seconds. With that amount of Gs, he either died or lost consciousness almost immediately (that’s going from your normal weight to 15 times your weight in one or two seconds). Most likely he didn’t even have the time to process that something was wrong.
hell of a thing to watch.
I don't know why I subjected myself to this...again...9 years later. My condolences to the Leeland family, hope time has helped you heal some from your loss.
10 people in the stands died and 60+ severely injured, a bit insensitive to morn the loss of the pilot and not the innocent bystanders as well
@@jhudson_tiedye especially since if he had maintained his place, it wouldn’t have happened.
it’s scary i was actually sitting right above where this occurred but my mom had a pain in her back and we literally left the race before this happened. Lord protecting us
crummyy good yep after that happened we were just in shock once hearing the news
Why didn't the lord protect the pilot? You're a prick. There is no Lord. You fortunately went away from the crash area. God does not come in to it.
Custard Cream Someone’s mad
Custard Cream wtf?
@@greglinski2208 Let people believe in god if they want to, don't have to be an asshole.
That was definitely the most spectacular crash in the history of the races!
Guy:We gotta get out of here.
(Is standing a mile away from the accident)
An informative, sensitively-edited video; good work.
My uncle was a first responder there and the racing track across the field had a strong stench of iron, my heart goes out to all the people that died that day.
Wait, did he crash into a crowd?
@@ranaldbanzac4375 yep
Oh god
My heart goes out to everyone that was there...😔
Hmm I've never heard about this accident before, interesting stuff. I don't know much about flying but I didnt even think it was possible to pull that many G's with a plane like that😲 crazy stuff
I love the sound of those planes passing by at high speed!
Bro he died
@@ashertungsvik8583 i know bro, and i feel sorry for that, but still they sound great and i suppose he died doing what he loved, just like my grandfather in the 2ww (he was a fighter pilot for the Romanian army) so that being said i meant no disrespect!
Legionarul Squad yeah I see what you mean
Actually this is partially incorrect. What happened is the plane lost its trim tab. By having lost the trim tab the plane loses control of pitch in the sense it shoots up vertically. The part where you made your mistake is that the pilot was rendered unconscious due to the sudden increase in g force and in turn the plane comes crashing down
Royal-Aura the trim came off after it pitched up. Not before. NTSB video clearly shows this in slow motion.
The NTSB photo study shows that the trim tab had already failed before it fell off later. The control links were moving out of normal range and were sticking out, meaning that the tab had already failed and started to flutter before the pitch up. Once the tab stopped working, the plane was out of control.
So the trim tab separated from the elevator because of excessive flutter, and why did the tailwheel drop down too, did the g-force overcome the spring tension and lock down?
+Tomasima Covell Yes the G-loads forced the tail wheel down. The locks will hold to about 8G.
Yeah, cool, I thought it had to be something right along that line! Thanks!
What is the reason he begin to go down so quick ? He was going up with great momentum to keep going higher?
That sound when the trim breaks is haunting..
Blue thunder II crashed last year. Seen parked at 0:19
Yooooo
plane tree rpm tall
Really? Sounds like a death wish going up in these things.
I'd still consider the death rate about on par with normal racecars. You got to think, this is an air race we're talking about here. It's all about pushing the aircraft to their absolute limit. It's not the aircraft themselves that are the problem. I'm pretty sure lots of other pilots know this as well.
Welcome to Reno, a cursed air race!
Why am I just seeing this now? This is tragic
That's crazy how you can hear the plane go from sounding like a old propellor plane to sounding almost like Jet flying by
Jimmy Leeward was known among his peers as a strong competitor as well as flying the most consistent laps in their Class.
RIP him, Gary Levitz, John Parker & Daryl Greenameyer.
No rip for him
Yeah, pretty sure he broke FAA rules and regulations to be that strong competitor and got 11 people killed and 60 injured.
I don't think he's resting in peace.
@@zee_terminator2850 you don't slack when building airplanes, and when its a racing plane that matters even more. even if this wasn't intentional, he is still at fault, and has 11 people on his name as well.
@@zee_terminator2850did you read the NTSB report?
He illegally modified the plane's trim system and cut corners re-using single use items.
Strong competitor= small p emus who risked and killed innocents
Me and my family were there and left just before the crash happened, I was just 5 at the time
here we go... another wave of youtube recommendations
On September 16, 2011, about 1625 Pacific daylight time, an experimental, single-seat North American P-51D, N79111, collided with the airport ramp in the spectator box seating area following a loss of control during the National Championship Air Races unlimited class gold race at the Reno/Stead Airport (RTS), Reno, Nevada. The airplane was registered to Aero-Trans Corp (dba Leeward Aeronautical Sales), Ocala, Florida, and operated by the commercial pilot as Race 177, The Galloping Ghost, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot and 10 people on the ground sustained fatal injuries, and at least 64 people on the ground were injured (at least 16 of whom were reported to have sustained serious injuries). The airplane sustained substantial damage, fragmenting upon collision with the ramp. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the local air race flight, which departed RTS about 10 minutes before the accident.
Probable Cause: The reduced stiffness of the elevator trim tab system that allowed aerodynamic flutter to occur at racing speeds. The reduced stiffness was a result of deteriorated locknut inserts that allowed the trim tab attachment screws to become loose and to initiate fatigue cracking in one screw sometime before the accident flight. Aerodynamic flutter of the trim tabs resulted in a failure of the left trim tab link assembly, elevator movement, high flight loads, and a loss of control. Contributing to the accident were the undocumented and untested major modifications to the airplane and the pilot’s operation of the airplane in the unique air racing environment without adequate flight testing.
17Gs.. my god I can't begin to imagine the pressure that must have caused. Tragic.
If I'm remembering correctly, this occurred on Friday....the 3rd day of the 5 scheduled. I was out there on Thursday, because I think it was the only day the USAF Thunderbirds were going to perform. The crowds would have been much heavier on Sat. & Sun. He hit in front of the main grandstand ( into a VIP seating area...)......but on the backside of those stands......there are all sorts of vendors set up.
I never go anymore.... so sad... reno air races where one of my favorite things to do with my dad.
Not even a post crash fire. The plane literally vaporized upon impact. Sad. R.I.P. to Jimmy and those spectators who were unfortunate to lose their lives.
Dude said we need to get out of here like he was part of it
Why does he say “we gotta get outta here” at the end like he shot him down or something
Because of the other planes, I guess
What if the other ones start failing?
Something else could explode and throw debris at his face.
Because he's being completely stupid. He's nowhere near the crash nor do they have anything to do with it. I'm guessing he's just in shock.
Rob kinda what I was thinking, as uncommon as these crashes are I didn’t think stuffs gonna start exploding or other planes were gonna start falling from the sky..I had also read some comments saying his plane and the modifications might not have been legal
@@dizzyrobbins3549 Those people are retards, every plane you see here has had modifications and at the time weren't even illegal. What happened was a bolt broke, having him sharply turn up and had nothing to do with the modifications, just a 25+ year old bolt that couldn't take it.
That’s scary. It’s essentially 500mph to 0 in 1/10th of a second
Dovakin3004 he hit the ground at much less than 500 mph
The airplane was completely destroyed, there was not a part left bigger than 25cm
Antreas Georgiou still does not change the fact that you cant sustain such speeds doing those manouvers
I wish they'd still have air shows here
Pilots die sometimes but that one changed everything forever. I have never been to those air races but I would go during the races to Reno. It's a very risky event
I’ve loved in Reno my whole life and this was one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen
Jayden G I live in Reno to an it was truly tragic
Jayden G I have never lived in Reno.
rob hooper 😂😂
What the hell does living there have to do with anything?
You are so romantic loving in Reno all those years
Why is TH-cam recomendations giving me this now
Same
That Pb xDDD
Same lmao
this is my hometown i remember the day it happened my mom was going to buy us tickets for the show the same damn day!! They sold out and i remember her getting fast food for us around 4-5 pm if i remember and telling me a crash happened at the very show we tried getting tickets to. A highschool friend told me he was 3-4 rows back from the impact site and a piece of debris made a small cut on his leg and pants. I remember watching this video and the one from the bleachers with the plane roaring into the crowd at school with friends
There was someone saying no no no before he even turned towards the ground. That was one smart guy. He could see the g forces of that turn were too high for the pilot to stay conscious. Terrible tragedy.
Yeah makes me think he must be a pilot. And maybe a stunt pilot or military or something like that, because to be able to visually identify that seems like a more advanced skill. But I'm not even a basic pilot so I wouldn't really know that for sure.
Ay....Reno family ❤️
Must be time for the 9/11 and plane crash recommended videos.
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Just found out about this and damn it's scary just watching these people enjoying a perfectly normal day and then this happens.
Just another reminder that life is such a gift and anything can go wrong at any moment.
It seems strange to like a video such as this. Thanks