Crossfield Accident Inflight Breakup

On Thursday, the NTSB release its Preliminary Report on last week's accident in Ludville, GA that claimed the life of famed test pilot Scott Crossfield, which follows below. In what is perhaps the report's most significant finding, the NTSB reports wreckage from the accident -- which occurred in IMC conditions near a Level 6 thunderstorm cell -- is "consistent with a low altitude in-flight breakup."

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