Grams luftfartsblogg: P-51 Mustang havarerte under airshow

søndag 18. november 2018

P-51 Mustang havarerte under airshow - ASN/AVweb video

Date:	17-NOV-2018
Time:	15:15 LT
Type:	North American P-51D Mustang
Owner/operator:	Pea Hochso LLC
Registration:	N4132A
C/n / msn:	122-40985
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	ENE of Gillespie County Airport (T82),Fredericksburg, TX - United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The era P-51 "Pecos Bill" crashed in a parking, at The Terraces at Creek Street apartments, under unknown circumstances. Witness said that he heard the engine sputtering just before the accident.
The 2 occupants died.

The plane was participating to the War November WWII Pacific Combat Program show of the National Museum of the Pacific.

'Pecos Bill' Owner, Vet Killed In P-51 Crash

Russ Niles

A well-known Texas pilot who gave numerous rides to veterans in his P-51 “Pecos Bill” was killed along with a passenger when the warbird crashed into an apartment building parking lot in Fredericksburg, Texas, on Saturday. Cowden Ward Jr. and the unidentified passenger, believed to be a Second World War B-17 pilot, were taking part in a reenactment flight organized by the National Museum of the Pacific War when the accident occurred. No one on the ground was hurt but several cars were destroyed and a parking shelter damaged.
Tributes for Ward are pouring in from the warbird community. Ward founded the Pecos Bill P-51 Freedom Flyers “with a mission and a passion to honor Veterans with flights in his beloved P-51 Pecos Bill,” according to a Facebook post from the organization. “Over the years he did just that, honoring hundreds of our nation’s veterans including a large number of WWII veterans.” Ward owned a real estate business in Austin. Both the FAA and NTSB are investigating. Local media quote witnesses as saying they heard the aircraft’s engine sputtering before the crash.