evangilder
"Shooter"
Just got word of an accident involving 2 P-51 Mustangs at OshKosh today. So far, I have heard one fatality. More details to follow...
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One dead in AirVenture warbird crash when two planes collide; afternoon airshow suspended
One person was killed Friday afternoon when two warbirds collided on the south end of the north-south runway at Wittman Regional Airport.
Witnesses on the AirVenture grounds reported seeing two P-51 Mustangs approach the southern end of Runway 18/36 for what appeared to be a formation landing when the propeller of one Mustang caught the tail of the other, flipping it onto its nose. The aircraft in the rear tried to pull around the crashed aircraft and flipped over in the process, witnesses said.
One plane is covered with a tarp and appears to be upside down in grass east of the runway. The other plane came to a stop with its nose down, about 100 feet north of the other plane.
The pilot of the aircraft that ended up on its nose was able to walk away from the crash, witnesses reported.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are both investigating the crash.
The afternoon AirVenture air show has been cancelled, EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski said.
The Northwestern will update this story as it develops.
Sad to hear it. Do you know where the airplanes were based out of? I am not familiar with either of those 2.