Fatal Accident Resulted After Power loss, Cockpit Obscuration
From The NTSB Preliminary Report: On January 4, 2020, about 1009, Pacific standard time, an experimental amateur-built TM-1 Thunder Mustang (file photo, attached to story) airplane, N151WR, was destroyed when it collided with terrain about 2 miles southeast of Santa Clarita, California. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane departed Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys, California, about 0955.