List of airshow accidents

Below is a year by year list of accidents that have occurred at airshows worldwide.

2008

* June 1, 2008 - Lake Bracciano Air Show (Lake Bracciano - Province of Rome, Italy) - Aircraft Commander Captain Filippo Fornassi is killed and co-pilot Captain Fabio Manzella is injured when their NH Industries NH90 tactical transport helicopter strikes the water and sinks into Lake Bracciano. The crash happened while the helicopter was diving after completing a Fieseler Maneuver. [cite web| last = Peruzzi| first = Luca| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = PICTURE & VIDEO: Italian army NH90 TTH fatal crash; no flying restrictions to remaining fleet| work =| publisher = Flight International
date = 06/05/08| url = http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/05/224481/picture.html| format =
doi = | accessdate =June 27, 2008 ]

* May 10, 2008 - Modesto Airport Appreciation Day crash (Modesto, California) - Pilot Rob Harrison was injured when the Moravan Otrokovice Zlin 50LX aircraft he was piloting crashed while performing a roll maneuver. [cite web| last = Selna | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Stunt pilot in hospital after air-show crash | work = | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle| date = May 11, 2008| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/10/BAKN10KGQF.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea | format = | doi = | accessdate = June 25, 2008]

* April 26, 2008 - Kindel Air Field (Kindel, Germany) - A Zlin Z-37 Cmelak leaves the runway on takeoff and veers into a crowd of spectators killing one and injuring ten. [cite web
last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Air show plane crash in Germany kills one, injures 10
work =| publisher = China View.cn| date =| url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/27/content_8059181.htm| format =| doi =| accessdate =June 26, 2008 ]

2007

* December 2, 2007 - The Langkawi International Maritime and Airspace (LIMA) 2007 exhibition (Langkawi, Malaysia) - While involved in a practice jump for the upcoming airshow, paratroopers of the Malaysian Air Force are blown off course from their landing zone. Some of the paratroopers land in the ocean, three drown and eleven are injured. [ cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors = | title = Three paratroopers dead in Malaysia airshow accident: air force| work =| publisher = AFP| date = December 2, 2007| url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPdvhMm4tfn8apRZTUwwRzGwdsuQ| format =| doi = | accessdate =June 26, 2008 ]

* September 15, 2007 - Shoreham Airshow crash (West Sussex, England) - Pilot Brian Brown is killed when the Hawker Hurricane he is flying fails to pull out of a dive during a mock dogfight. [cite web | url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1284268,00.html | title=Pilot Dies In Sussex Airshow Crash | publisher=Sky News | accessdate=June 27]

* September 1, 2007 - Radom Air Show crash (Radom, Poland) - Pilots Piotr Banachowicz and Lech Marchelewski were killed in a mid-air collision of their Zlin Z-526 aircraft.

* July 28, 2007 - Dayton Air Show (Dayton, Ohio) - Stunt pilot Jim LeRoy was killed when his S2S Bulldog II crashed at the end of the runway while performing a 1/2 cuban 8 and snap rolls.

* July 27, 2007 - Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) - While approaching the runway for a landing, pilot Gerry Beck's scratch built P-51A Mustang overtakes and strikes a P-51D Mustang that had touched down ahead of him. Beck's plane flips over and crashes along the runway killing him. Although his plane is pushed on its nose and has tail damage, the pilot of the P-51D was not injured. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = 1 Killed in Wisconsin Airshow Crash| work =
publisher = The Associated Press| date = Saturday, July 28, 2007; 2:58 AM |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/27/AR2007072701821.html| format =| doi =| accessdate = June 26, 2008 ] [cite web| last =| first = | authorlink =| coauthors =| title = 311 N8082U "Precious Metal II"| work = P-51 Mustang Survivors| publisher = MustangsMustangs| date =| url = http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/43-BeckA.shtml| format =| doi = | accessdate = June 26, 2008]

* April 21, 2007 - Blue Angels crash (Beaufort, South Carolina) - Lieutenant Commander Kevin 'Kojak' Davis was killed when he blacked out and lost control of the F/A-18 Hornet he was piloting as part of United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron the Blue Angels. The accident occurred near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina.

* March 16, 2007 - Tico Airshow crash (Titusville, Florida) - Pilot Eilon Krugman-Kadi is killed when the Aero L-39 Albatros he was piloting crashed into the ground while performing a loop. [cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Pilot Killed In Crash At Airshow| work = | publisher = News 13 Central Florida| date = March 19, 2007| url = http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/3/16/jet_crash_at_airshow.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = June 25, 2008]

2006

* October 14, 2006 - Culpeper Regional Airport Airshow (Culpeper, Virginia) - Pilot Nancy Lynn was killed when the wingtip of her Extra 300L struck the ground while performing multiple snap rolls. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Accident claims aerobatic star Nancy Lynn| work =| publisher = AOPA Online| date = October 19, 2006| url = http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2006/061016lynn.html| format =| doi = | accessdate =June 28, 2008 ]

* October 4, 2006 - Tucumcari Air Show Crash (Tucumcari, New Mexico) - Pilot Guy "Doc" Baldwin was killed when he lost control of his Extra 300L while performing a loop. [cite web|last =|first=|authorlink =|coauthors = | title = Pilot Dies in N.M. Air Show Crash|work=|publisher=FoxNews.com|date=October 04,2006|url=http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2006Oct04/0,4675,AirShowFatality,00.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = June 25, 2008]

* September 10, 2006 - Aero GP of Malta (Marsamxett, Malta) - Pilot Gabor Varga was killed when the Yak-55 aircraft he was piloting was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft. Eddie Goggins, who was piloting an Extra 300, received minor injuries. [cite web| last =| first =
authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Stunt pilot dies in crash over Marsamxett| work = MaltaMedia News
publisher = MaltaMedia Online Network| date = September 10, 2006| url = http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/ln/article_11464.shtml| format = | doi = | accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]

* July 30, 2006 - Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) - The passenger of a Van's Aircraft RV-6 was killed when the propeller of a Grumman TBM-3 Avenger cut into the fuselage of the RV-6. Both aircraft were taxiing for takeoff at the time of the accident. No injuries were reported from the occupants of the Avenger. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Crashes Mar Wisconsin Airshow| work =| publisher = CBS News| date = July 30, 2006| url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/30/national/main1847596.shtml?source=RSS&attr=U.S._1847596| format =| doi =| accessdate =June 29, 2008 ] [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = NTSB Identification: CHI06FA206B| work =| publisher = NTSB
date = June 25, 2007| url = http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20060804X01093&key=2| format =
doi = | accessdate =June 29, 2008 ]

* July 16, 2006 - Oregon International Airshow crash (Hillsboro, Oregon) - Pilot Robert E. Guilford is killed when the Hawker-Siddeley Hunter MK-58 he is piloting loses power and crashes into a residence. Guilford was leaving the airshow on a return trip home. [cite web
last = Tareen | first = Sophia | authorlink = | coauthors =Stuart Tomlinson | title = 'It just fell out of the sky' | work = | publisher = The Oregonian| date = July 17, 2006 | url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2007/12/fatal_2006_air_show_crash.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = June 25, 2008]

* May 5, 2006 - Children's Day flight exhibition (Suwon Air Base, South Korea) - Captain Kim Do-hyun of the Republic of Korea Air Force's Black Eagles display team was killed when he lost control of his A-37B Dragonfly. [cite web| last = Mitchell| first = Terence
authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Pilot Deaths Put F-15 Deal in Doubt - Korea stunned by deaths of 3 pilots in less than a month | work =| publisher =Ohmynews| date = 2006-06-10| url = http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=297645&rel_no=1&back_url=| format =
doi = | accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]

2005

* July 10, 2005 - Moose Jaw Air Show (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada) - Pilots Bobby Younkin and Jimmy Franklin were killed in a mid-air collision during a dogfight routine. At the time of the accident, Youkin was piloting a replica Wolf-Samson biplane and Franklin was piloting a Waco UPF-7 biplane. [cite web| last = Craft| first = Dan| authorlink = | coauthors =| title = Report: Pilots Tried To Avoid Collision Younkin, Franklin Died In Aerobatic Routine| work =| publisher = The Morning News| date = April 4, 2006| url = http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2006/04/11/news/02fzyounkin.txt
format = | doi =| accessdate =June 29, 2008 ]

* 24 August 2005: Capt. Andrew Mackay of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds safely ejected from his aircraft near Thunder Bay, Ontario, during the warm-up for the Thunder in the Air Airshow. [ [http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/dfs/docs/Epi/CT114120_e.asp] [http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/dfs/pdf/REPORTS/FSIR/CT114120/CT114120_e.pdf Snowbirds Accident report 2005] ]

2003

* September 15, 2003 - Gunfighter Skies Air Show (Mountain Home, Idaho) - Pilot error was blamed for the crash of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C. The offical reports states the pilot "misinterpreted the altitude required to complete the "Split S" maneuver". No injuries were reported. [cite web| last = Dewitte| first = Lieven| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Thunderbird crashes at Idaho air show| work = F-16 Mishap News| publisher = F-16.net| date = September 15, 2003
url = http://www.f-16.net/news_article842.html| format =| doi =| accessdate =June 29, 2008] [cite web| last = jetech| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Thunderbird accident report released| work = F-16 Mishap News| publisher = F-16.Net| date = January 22, 2004| url = http://www.f-16.net/news_article968.html| format =| doi = | accessdate =June 29, 2008 ]

2002

* November 10, 2002 - Celebrate Freedom Festival Airshow (Columbia, South Carolina) - Pilot Joe Tobul was killed when his F4U-4 Corsair lost power and crashed in a field. At the time of the crash, the plane was part of a flyover formation. [ cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors = | title =Joe Tobul: Well-known Warbird pilot dies in Corsair crash| work = Air Classics, Feb 2003 | publisher = Challenge Publications Inc.| date = February 2003| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200302/ai_n9191347| format =| doi =| accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]

* July 27, 2002 - Sknyliv airshow disaster (Sknyliv Airfield Lviv, Ukraine)- Pilot Volodymyr Toponar and co-pilot Yuriy Yegorov of the Ukrainian Air Force demonstration team the Ukrainian Falcons eject from their Sukhoi Su-27 after the left wing struck the ground during a low altitude roll maneuver. The aircraft then struck a parked Ilyushin Il-76 transport and then cartwheeled into a crowd of spectators killing 85 including two dozen children and injuring over 100.

* July 20, 2002 - Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) airshow (Fairford, Gloucestershire England) - An Italian Aeritalia G.222 transport made a hard landing which collapsed the nose landing gear. A small fire erupted but was quickly extingushed. No injuries were reported. [ cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Runway fire grounds planes at airshow| work =| publisher = BBC News.com| date =July 20, 2002| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/2140758.stm| format =| doi =| accessdate =June 28, 2008 ]

* April 20, 2002 - Point Mugu air show (Point Mugu, California) - Navy pilot Commander Michael Norman and radar intercept officer Marine Corps Captain Andrew Muhs were killed when their McDonnell-Douglas QF-4S+ Phantom II stalled and crashed after pulling away from a diamond formation. The Navy report stated in part: "The cause of this tragic accident was the failure of the pilot to manage the energy state of the aircraft, and then to recognize a departure from controlled flight at low altitude, and apply the NATOPS recovery techniques." [cite web| last = | first = | authorlink =| coauthors =| title =QF-4S+ Crash at Pt Mugu - April 20, 2002 | work =| publisher =Goleta Air and Space Museum. | date = | url =http://www.air-and-space.com/20020420%20Pt%20Mugu%20QF-4J%20Crash.htm | format = | doi =| accessdate =June 27, 2008 ]

2001

* Two accidents occurred during the Biggin Hill Airshow over the weekend of June 2-3, 2001. In the first accident, on the Saturday, a vintage de Havilland Vampire jet crashed, killing both pilots on board. The Vampire had been flying a display in tandem with a de Havilland Sea Vixen aircraft, and the likely cause of the accident was that the Vampire's flight path had been disrupted by wake turbulence from the larger aircraft. [cite web|title=AAIB report into 2 June 2001 accident at Biggin Hill|url=http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_avsafety_pdf_507791.pdf

(PDF)]

* The following day, a 1944 Bell P63 Kingcobra crashed, also killing the pilot. The American WWII fighter aircraft had been flying an unplanned sequence, when the pilot lost control at the top of a climbing manoeuvre and was unable to recover from the resulting dive. The aircraft impacted the ground to the west of the runway in a steep nose down attitude. [cite web|title=AAIB report into 3 June 2001 accident at Biggin Hill|url=http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_avsafety_pdf_500062.pdf

(PDF)]

* 21 June 2001: Major Robert Painchaud of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team and his passenger ejected after a mid-air collision between planes #1 and #5 as they attempted to rejoin the "Concorde" nine-jet formation for a media shoot over Lake Erie near London, Ontario. The passenger sustained serious injury, but Major Painchaud suffered only bruising and the other aircraft was safely flown back to base. [ [http://www.forceaerienne.forces.gc.ca/dfs/pdf/REPORTS/FSIR/CT114006/CT114006_e.pdf Snowbirds Accident report June 2001] ]

2000

* August 18, 2000 - Airbourne 2000 show (Eastbourne, England) - Former Red Arrows pilot Ted Girdler was killed when his Aero L-29 Delfín jet failed to pull up from a diving roll and crashed into the English Channel. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink = | coauthors =| title = Airshow crash: No wreckage found| work = BBC News Online: UK| publisher = BBC News| date = 19 August, 2000| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/886064.stm| format =| doi =| accessdate =2008-07-06 ]

* 4 September 2000: Canadian Forces Snowbirds Aircraft #4 and #1 touched in midair causing minor damage to the wing of one and the tail of another shortly after takeoff before a demonstration for the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto on the Labour Day weekend. Both planes landed safely with no injuries.

1999

* June 6, 1999 - Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport airshow (Bratislava, Slovakia) - Test pilot Graham Wardell was killed when his Aerospace Hawk 200 failed to pull out of a low turn and struck the ground. A woman spectator was knocked off a nearby rooftop by the force of the explosion and died of her injuries. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = World: Europe - Top test pilot killed in crash | work =| publisher = BBC News| date = June 7, 1999| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/362464.stm| format =| doi = | accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]

1998

* August 15, 1998 - Swanton Morley Airshow (East Dereham, Norfolk England) - Pilot Christopher Wilkins was killed when his Rollason D31 Turbulent stalled and crashed while performing with the Tiger Club display team. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Pilot Killed In Crash At Air Show| work =| publisher = Croydon Guardian| date = August 15, 1998
url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/archive/display.var.72951.0.pilot_killed_in_crash_at_air_show.php
format =| doi =| accessdate = July 6, 2008]

1997

* July 26, 1997 - Ostende Airshow (Ostende, Belgium) - Captain Omar Hani Bilal of the Jordanian Air Force display team, the Royal Jordanian Falcons, was killed when he lost control of his Walter Extra EA300s. His plane crashed at the end of the runway and burst into flames near a Red Cross tent and spectator stands. Eight were killed and forty injured on the ground. [cite web
last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = 9 die when plane crashes at Belgian air show
work = World News Story Page| publisher = CNN Online| date = July 26, 1997| url = http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/26/belgium.aircrash/| format = | doi = | accessdate = ]

1996

* July 14, 1996 - Flying Legends Air Display (Duxford, England) - Pilot Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot was killed when his Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft crashed and cartwheeled while performing a roll maneuver.Several aircraft on the ground were damaged or destroyed. [cite web| last =| first =
authorlink =| coauthors =| title = P-38 Crashes at Air Show| work =| publisher = AircraftGuru.com
date = 2006-08-17| url = http://www.aircraftguru.com/aircraft-videos/video.php?v_id=62| format =
doi =| accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]
* April 16, 1996 - EAA Sun 'n Fun (Lakeland, FL) - Pilot Charlie Hillard was killed when his Hawker Sea Fury flipped over while landing in a crosswind.

1995

* September 2, 1995 - Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Canada) - Seven Royal Air Force crew members were killed when their Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P stalled during a low alttiude turn and crashed into Lake Ontario. [cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =
coauthors =| title = Accident Description British Aerospace Nimrod MR.2P| work = Aviation Safety Network
publisher =Flight Safety Foundation| date = 2004-09-19| url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950902-0| format = | doi = | accessdate =July 6, 2008 ]

1990

* July 1, 1990 - National Capital Air Show (Ottawa, Canada) - Harry E. Tope was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed into a golf course.. [cite web|title=warbird registry|url=http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-4511586.html]

1989

* June 8 1989 - Paris Air Show - During a low-speed, high angle-of-attack portion of Mikoyan's test pilot Anatoliy Kvochur's routine display flight, a bird sucked into the turbofan of his MiG-29's right engine caused it to malfunction. After steering the MiG away from spectators, Kvochur managed to escape death when he ejected from the MiG seconds before his aircraft plunged into the ground. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL1FblthxQ0] [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/788wbhgw.asp]

* 3 September 1989: Captain Shane Antaya, flying for the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team died after a midair collision during a demonstration at the Canadian International Air Show during the CNE in Toronto, Ontario when his Tutor crashed into Lake Ontario. During the same accident, team commander Major Dan Dempsey safely ejected from his aircraft.

1988

* August 28, 1988 - Ramstein airshow disaster (Ramstein, Germany) - Three members of Italy's Frecce Tricolori Air Force Display Team flying Aermacchi MB-339's were involved in a mid-air collision. The three pilots Lt.Col. Ivo Nutarelli, Lt.Col. Mario Naldini and Cap. Giorgio Alessio were killed and the wreckage from the collision landed on the spectators of the air show killing 67 people on the ground and seriously injuring 346.

* June 26, 1988 - Air France Flight 296 (Alsace, France) - While performing a gear down low speed pass at an airshow, a chartered Air France Airbus A320 loses altitude and crashes into a treeline. Three of the 136 persons aboard are killed.

*April 24 - Marine Corps Colonel Jerry Cadick, then commanding officer of MAG-11, was performing stunts at the MCAS El Toro Air Show before a crowd of 300,000 when he crashed his F/A-18 Hornet at the bottom of a loop that was too close to the ground. The aircraft was in a nose-high attitude, but still carrying too much energy toward the ground when it impacted at more than 300 mph (480 km/h). Col. Cadick was subjected to extremely high G forces that resulted in his face making contact with the control stick and sustaining serious injury. He broke his arm, elbow and ribs, exploded a vertebra and collapsed a lung. Col. Cadick survived and retired from the Marine Corps. The F/A-18 remained largely intact but was beyond repair. [cite web | url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59818251.html?dids=59818251:59818251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+25%2C+1988&author=RICHARD+BEENE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=300%2C000+Watch+in+Horror+as+Fighter+Crashes+Spectators+Say+F%2FA-18+Jet+Appeared+to+Stall+as+Pilot+Was+Making+a+Loop | title=F/A-18 Hornet crash at MCAS El Toro Air Show, 1988 | publisher=LA Times ] [cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuOYEwwEmLk&feature=PlayList&p=B3B74263FF9FD38B&index=52 | title=F/A-18 Hornet crash at MCAS El Toro Air Show, 1988 | publisher=YouTube]

1980

* On September 21, 1980, a Douglas A-26 Invader crashed during an air display at Biggin Hill. The aircraft was attempting to carry out a climbing roll in front of the crowd when the nose dropped sharply, and the aircraft continued rolling until it dropped vertically into a valley. The pilot and seven passengers were killed. The Civil Aviation Authority subsequently introduced rules preventing passengers from being carried during air displays. [cite web|title=B-26 crash at Biggin Hill|url=http://napoleon130.tripod.com/id250.html]

1978

* Captain Gordon de Jong of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds died at an air show in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The horizontal stabilizer failed rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. Although ejection was initiated, it was not successful.

1973

* At the Paris Air Show on 3 June, the first production Tupolev Tu-144 airliner was on a demonstration flight when it suddenly went into a dive and crashed into housing, killing all six on board and eight on the ground. The cause of the crash remains controversial and the focus of several conspiracy theories.

1972

* September 24, 1972 - Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor crash (Sacramento, California) - A privately owned F-86 Sabrejet piloted by Richard Bingham fails to take off while leaving the Golden West Sport Aviation Show. The jet crashed through a chain link fence at the end of the runway, across Freeport Boulevard, crushed a parked car and then crashed into a local Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor. The ice cream parlor was occupied in part by the Sacramento 49ers “Little League” football team. Twenty two people on the ground were killed including twelve children and two people in the parked car. A couple trying to cross the street to the crash site were struck by a vehicle and the wife was killed. [cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Crash at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento, CA - September 24, 1972| work = | publisher = Check Six| date = 2002 | url = http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm| format = | doi = | accessdate = June 25, 2008]

* June 4, 1972 - Transpo 72 Airshow (Washington, D.C.)- Major Joe Howard of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flying Thunderbird 3 was killed during the Transpo 72 airshow at Dulles International Airport when his Phantom F-4E experienced a structural failure of the horizontal stabilizer.

1961

*September 24, 1961 TSgt John Lesso of the Thunderbirds C-123 crew was killed when an Air Force C-123 carrying the Army Golden Knights crashed on take-off at an airshow in Wilmington, NC. He was aboard the aircraft as an observer.

1956

* June 9, 1956 - R.A.F.A. Air Display at Shorts, Sydenham (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - Shorts Test Pilot Sqn Ldr W.J.Runciman flying a Short Seamew was killed when the aircraft ""appeared to start a slow roll", the nose falling and there being "insufficient height for recovery". The aircraft avoided crashing into the crowd, hitting the runway "practically nose first".
[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200762.html Flight International archive: Report of the accident] ,
[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200851.html Flight International archive: An Appreciation]
[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200796.html Flight International archive: Report on inquest]

1952

* September 6, 1952 - Farnborough Airshow crash (Hampshire, England) - Pilot John Derry and flight test observer Anthony Richards flying a DH 110 Sea Vixen are killed when the outer starboard wing, immediately followed by the outer port wing, broke off when the aircraft was pulled into a climb. Wreckage crashed into the crowd of spectators killing 29 and injuring 60.

1938

*July 24 - In the airfield Mars in Santa Ana, Usaquén, Colombia, during an airshow, a F11C Goshawk crashed into the audience and killed 75 people.Fact|date=July 2008

References

External links

* [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Aircraft_crashes_during_mock_dogfight_at_Shoreham_Airshow,_United_Kingdom Wikinews - Aircraft crashes during mock dogfight]