Mustang Collision Oshkosh

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5-fd0ca17e627c


OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is
confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's
AirVenture.
The FAA says the accident with the two P-51 Mustangs happened at shortly
after 3pm, after the planes finished a performance at the Experimental
Aircraft Association's show.

Investigators with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are
investigating.

The last fatal crash at EAA Airventure happened last year on July 23. A
Washington state couple was killed when their single engine, home-built
plane crashed on approach at Whittman Regional Airport.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:41:28 -0700, "Gattman"
wrote:


http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5-fd0ca17e627c


OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is
confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's
AirVenture.
The FAA says the accident with the two P-51 Mustangs happened at shortly
after 3pm, after the planes finished a performance at the Experimental
Aircraft Association's show.

Damned Shame, all the way around.

"Gattman" wrote in message
...

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5-fd0ca17e627c

Looks like "Dazzling Donna", owned by Bob Odegard, is the airplane in the
photo above:

http://www.drewsmithphoto.com/aviation/large-30.html
http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51...44-74404.shtml

From a friend who witnessed it:

"Two planes (both P51s I believe) collided as they were coming in side by
side...
one went nose-in and the pilot was able to jump out... he was injured, but
reports are that he'll be ok.

The second plane flipped over and a fire started. The pilot didn't make it
out... the hope (obviously)
is that he was dead on impact before the fire started."

:

-c

That appears to be Dazzling Donna:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3Doff%26sa%3DG

On 7/27/2007 7:41:31 PM, "Gattman" wrote:

OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is
confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's
AirVenture.

Damn. With no reports of incidents at the hectic beginning, I thought this
year was going to be a good one.

--
Peter

On 7/27/2007 7:41:31 PM, "Gattman" wrote:


OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is
confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's
AirVenture.

Someone posted this link to some pictures of one of the Mustangs (presumably
the non-fatal) in another aviation forum:

http://tinyurl.com/29gnpr

--
Peter

"Gattman" wrote in message ...

"Gattman" wrote in message ...

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5-fd0ca17e627c

Looks like "Dazzling Donna", owned by Bob Odegard, is the airplane in the photo above:

http://www.drewsmithphoto.com/aviation/large-30.html
http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51...44-74404.shtml

From a friend who witnessed it:

"Two planes (both P51s I believe) collided as they were coming in side by side...
one went nose-in and the pilot was able to jump out... he was injured, but reports are that he'll be ok.

The second plane flipped over and a fire started. The pilot didn't make it out... the hope (obviously)
is that he was dead on impact before the fire started."

:

-c

The news story said it may be a father and son team...

Sad...

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:59:31 GMT, B A R R Y
wrote:


That appears to be Dazzling Donna:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...3Doff%26sa%3DG

From the crash photos, it looks like the pilot of that craft was the
survivor of the two involved.
Dave

It might have been "Dazzlin Donna" at one time, but for the past two years
at least it's been called "Stang". And yes, it was Bob Odegaard's plane.
The other Mustang was the "homebuilt" P-51A, "Precious Metal". They were
landing in formation on Runway 36, Stang was in the lead. As Stang touched
down on his mains it appeared he began to slow down while the P-51A was
still airborne. I didn't see the actual collision, but talked to a number of
people who did and the stories were consistant. The P-51A overtook Stang,
and its prop tore off Stang's left stab and cut a slash in Stang's fuselage.
The impact knocked Stang's tail down, which then bounced back up and Stang
pitched over on its nose and slid off the side of the runway with its nose
on the ground.
Meanwhile, the P-51A pitched up, rolled over inverted and came down
nose-first, then slammed on its back. There was a flash of fire and from
where I was sitting way to the north about the middle of Runway 36 it
looked as though the fire went out, but people closer said it kept burning
until the firetrucks arrived.
I heard the crowd gasp and turned in time to see the P-51A pitching up and
rolling inverted to nose-down and Stang pitching over onto her nose and
sliding off the runway. Stang's pilot after a minute or so was able to get
out and slide down the nose of the Mustang. He ran towards the 51A, but
after getting pretty close, moved back away (the airplane was on fire as I
said, though I couldn't see that from where I was). Emergency vehicles
responded immediately, a couple of firetrucks and an ambulance. When the
ambulance didn't leave the scene we knew it was bad. I moved down closer
to the south end of Runway 36 to see what was happening. Finally a couple
of hours after the accident they lowered Stang's tail to the ground and
towed her off (to Basler Aviation I presume). Not long after they loaded a
body wrapped in silver blankets into the amulance and it left. Then a
little while later they flipped the P-51A over with a crane. As they
lifted the P-51A's tail up, something must have sparked, all of the rescue
workers suddenly ran away from the airplane, including the crane operator.
The firemen sprayed the plane down some more, and after awhile they
finally finished flipping the P-51A over onto its wheels. The whole top of
the fuselage was missing, but I don't know how much was from the crash and
how much from the rescue workers cutting away fuselage to free the pilot.
The engine was completely ripped away from the aircraft.
It was a very tragic day...
Scott Wilson

Gattman said the following on 28/07/07 00:41:
http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/story...5-fd0ca17e627c


OSHKOSH (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration says one pilot is
confirmed dead today after two planes collided while landing at EAA's
AirVenture.
The FAA says the accident with the two P-51 Mustangs happened at shortly
after 3pm, after the planes finished a performance at the Experimental
Aircraft Association's show.

Investigators with the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are
investigating.

The last fatal crash at EAA Airventure happened last year on July 23. A
Washington state couple was killed when their single engine, home-built
plane crashed on approach at Whittman Regional Airport.

That fateful moment.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/27/airshow.crash.ap/



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