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List of airshow accidents

List of airshow accidents

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

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  • September 6 - Brixia Airshow (Montichiari
    Montichiari
    Montichiari is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991....

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

    ) - A CAP-10B
    Mudry CAP 10
    The Mudry CAP 10 is a two-seat training aerobatic aircraft first built in 1970 and still in production in 2007.The plane was developed from the Piel Super Emeraude and was born as the CP100. The name changed to CAP 10, CAP for 'Constructions Aéronautiques Parisiennes'...

     aircraft hit the ground while performing low altitude aerobatics
    Aerobatics
    Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport...

    . Of the two pilots, Marzio Maccarana, 26, was killed and Paolo Castellani, 55, was injured. Video
  • August 30 - Radom Air Show (Radom
    Radom
    Radom is a city in central Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship , 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

    , Poland
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

    ) - A Su-27 aircraft from Belarus
    Belarus
    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel , Mahilyow and Vitebsk...

     crashed while performing an air display, killing both pilots, Col.
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2009

  • September 6 - Brixia Airshow (Montichiari
    Montichiari
    Montichiari is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991....

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

    ) - A CAP-10B
    Mudry CAP 10
    The Mudry CAP 10 is a two-seat training aerobatic aircraft first built in 1970 and still in production in 2007.The plane was developed from the Piel Super Emeraude and was born as the CP100. The name changed to CAP 10, CAP for 'Constructions Aéronautiques Parisiennes'...

     aircraft hit the ground while performing low altitude aerobatics
    Aerobatics
    Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in normal flight. Aerobatics are performed in airplanes and gliders for training, recreation, entertainment and sport...

    . Of the two pilots, Marzio Maccarana, 26, was killed and Paolo Castellani, 55, was injured. Video
  • August 30 - Radom Air Show (Radom
    Radom
    Radom is a city in central Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship , 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

    , Poland
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

    ) - A Su-27 aircraft from Belarus
    Belarus
    Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel , Mahilyow and Vitebsk...

     crashed while performing an air display, killing both pilots, Col. Alexander Morfintsky and Col. Alexander Zhuravlevich. According to preliminary data, the plane went down after a bird strike
    Bird strike
    A bird strike is a collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft. It is a common threat to flight safety, and has caused a number of accidents with human casualties...

    .
  • August 16 - Sukhoi Su-27 mid-air collision
    2009 Russia Sukhoi Su-27 mid-air collision
    On 16 August 2009 two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets from the Russian Knights collided in mid-air during a test flight southeast of Moscow, killing the Knights' leader, Igor Tkachenko. More people on the ground were injured, and a woman received fatal burns after one of the planes crashed into a house...

     during MAKS Airshow
    MAKS Airshow
    MAKS is an International Air Show held near Moscow, Russia on Zhukovskiy LII air field. The first show, Mosaeroshow-92, was held in 1992...

     rehearsals (near Moscow, Russia) - Two Russian Knights
    Russian Knights
    The Russian Knights are an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force. Originally formed on April 5, 1991 at the Kubinka Air Base as a team of six Sukhoi Su-27s, the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in September 1991 when they toured the United Kingdom...

     Su-27s rehearsing acrobatic maneuvers collided in mid-air, killing one pilot and sending the jets crashing into nearby vacation homes. The dead pilot was identified as the Russian Knights' commander, Col. Igor Tkachenko, a decorated air force officer.
  • July 4 - 4th of July Air Show (Tehachapi, California
    Tehachapi, California
    Tehachapi is a city incorporated in 1909 located in the Tehachapi Mountains between Bakersfield and Mojave in Kern County, California. Tehachapi is located east-southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of...

    ) - Pilot Dave Zweigle's L-29 Delfín
    Aero L-29 Delfin
    The Aero L-29 Delfín was a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces of Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s...

     crashed while making low altitude passes during the airshow. Zweigle and passenger Robert Chamberlain were killed in the accident.

2008

  • June 1 - Lake Bracciano Air Show (Lake Bracciano
    Lake Bracciano
    Lake Bracciano is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. With a surface of 56.76 km² it is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy...

     - Province of Rome
    Province of Rome
    The Province of Rome , is a province and the metropolitan area of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy, with an area of 5,352 km², and a total population of 4,053,779 residents in 121 comuni , see Comuni of the Province of Rome...

    , Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...

    ) - Aircraft Commander Captain Filippo Fornassi was killed and co-pilot Captain Fabio Manzella was injured when their NH Industries NH90
    NHI NH90
    The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries. It has been ordered by several nations, and entered service from 2007.-Design and development:...

     tactical transport helicopter strikes the water and sinks into Lake Bracciano
    Lake Bracciano
    Lake Bracciano is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. With a surface of 56.76 km² it is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy...

    . The crash happened while the helicopter was diving after completing a Fieseler Maneuver
    Fieseler (aerobatics)
    A Fieseler is an aerobatic maneuver named after Gerhard Fieseler. The pilot puts the aircraft into a vertical climb, then quickly points the nose straight down into a dive, pulling out at the same altitude as the maneuver started, but with the nose of the aircraft pointed in the opposite direction....

    .
  • May 10 - Modesto Airport Appreciation Day (Modesto, California
    Modesto, California
    Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 211,156 as of April 2009, Modesto ranks as the 16th largest city in the state of California. Modesto is located in Northern California, just 92 miles east of San Francisco, 68 miles south of the state...

    ) - Pilot Rob Harrison was injured when the Moravan Otrokovice Zlin 50LX
    Zlin Z-50
    The Zlin Z-50 is a aerobatic sports plane built by the Czechoslovakian company Zlin Aircraft.-History:In autumn 1973 it was decided in Moravan Otrokovice to develop a new single seat aerobatic airplane. The design team was headed by Jan Mikula, a noted Czech designer. During the design phase,...

     aircraft he was piloting crashed while performing a roll maneuver.
  • April 26 - Kindel Air Field (Kindel
    Eisenach
    Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Population was 43,626 in 2006.-History:...

    , Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

    ) - A Zlin Z-37 Cmelak
    Zlin Z-37 Cmelak
    The Zlin Z-37 Čmelák , also known as LET Z-37 Čmelák is an agricultural aircraft manufactured in Czechoslovakia. The aircraft is used mainly as a cropduster.-Design and development:...

     leaves the runway on takeoff and veers into a crowd of spectators killing one and injuring ten.
  • April 26 - Spirit of Flight 2008 Air Show (Galveston, Texas
    Galveston, Texas
    Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2005 U.S. Census estimate, the city had a total population of 57,466 within an area of...

    ) - A Supermarine Spitfire
    Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used into the 1950s both as a front line fighter and in secondary roles...

     taxied into the rear of a recently restored Hawker Hurricane
    Hawker Hurricane
    The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Some production of the Hurricane was carried out in Canada by the Canada Car and Foundry Co Ltd....

     at the Lone Star Flight Museum
    Lone Star Flight Museum
    The Lone Star Flight Museum, located in Galveston, Texas, displays more than 40 historically significant aircraft and many hundreds of artifacts related to the history of flight. The museum's collection is rare because most of the aircraft are flyable...

     airshow. No injuries were reported. NTSB Report.

2007

  • September 15 - Shoreham Airshow (West Sussex
    West Sussex
    West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...

    , England
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

    ) - Pilot Brian Brown is killed when the Hawker Hurricane
    Hawker Hurricane
    The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Some production of the Hurricane was carried out in Canada by the Canada Car and Foundry Co Ltd....

     he is flying fails to pull out of a dive during a mock dogfight
    Dogfight
    A dogfight, or dog fight, is aerial combat between fighter aircraft. Dogfighting first appeared during World War I, shortly after the invention of the airplane, and has since became a component in every major war despite beliefs after World War II that increasingly greater speeds and longer range...

    .
  • September 1 - Radom Air Show crash
    2007 Radom Air Show crash
    The 2007 Radom Air Show crash occurred on 1 September 2007 at the Radom Air Show, near Radom in Poland. The tragedy occurred before about thirty thousand spectators who had gathered to watch aerobatics teams from 16 nations perform their programmes....

     (Radom
    Radom
    Radom is a city in central Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship , 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...

    , Poland
    Poland
    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

    ) - Pilots Piotr Banachowicz and Lech Marchelewski were killed in a mid-air collision of their Zlin Z-526
    Zlin Z-526
    -History:The Z-526 was originally designed by Zlin Aircraft in 1959. Its two seat version is called the Trener-MasterThe Z 526's layout was organized with pilot in the rear, and student in front. The aircraft could also be equipped with tip tanks and a constant speed propeller...

     aircraft.
  • July 28 - Dayton Air Show
    Dayton Air Show
    The Vectren Dayton Air Show is an annual event at the Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio. The history of flight exhibitions dating back to 1910 by the Wright Company. The city is the home of the Wright Brothers and the true birthplace of aviation, Orville...

     (Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...

    ) - Stunt pilot Jim LeRoy
    Jim LeRoy
    Jim LeRoy was an American aerobatics pilot. A former US Marine Corps Scout/Sniper, he held a B.S. degree in Aeronautical/Aerospace engineering as well as an Airframe and Powerplant license.-Professional background:...

     was killed when his S2S Bulldog II
    Pitts Special
    The Pitts Special is a light aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944...

     crashed at the end of the runway while performing a 1/2 Cuban 8
    Aerobatic maneuver
    Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dog fights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in formation with several others...

     and snap rolls. The reason of this crash was reported as pilot error by the NTSB.
  • July 27 - Experimental Aircraft Association
    Experimental Aircraft Association
    The Experimental Aircraft Association is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 160,000 members, and around 1,000 chapters in many countries....

    's AirVenture show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago. The population was 62,916 at the 2000 census; it had a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. The city is located adjacent to and partially within the Town of Oshkosh.-History:Oshkosh...

    ) - While approaching the runway for a landing, pilot Gerry Beck's scratch-built P-51A Mustang
    P-51 Mustang
    The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat World War II fighter aircraft. Designed, built and airborne in just 117 days, the Mustang first flew in RAF service as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft before conversion to a bomber escort, employed in raids over...

     overtook and struck a P-51D Mustang
    P-51 Mustang
    The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat World War II fighter aircraft. Designed, built and airborne in just 117 days, the Mustang first flew in RAF service as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft before conversion to a bomber escort, employed in raids over...

     that had touched down ahead of him. Beck's plane flipped over and crashed along the runway, killing him. The other pilot was not injured, although his P-51D was pushed on its nose and had tail damage.
  • June 24 - Galway Air Show (Galway, Ireland) - Three people on the ground are injured when the door from a hovering RAF helicopter flew off and plunged into a large crowd below.
  • April 21 - Blue Angels crash
    2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash
    The 2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash occurred on April 21, 2007 when the Number 6 US Navy Blue Angels' jet crashed during the final minutes of an air show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina...

     (Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
    Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
    Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort or MCAS Beaufort is a United States Marine Corps air base located three miles northwest of the central business district of Beaufort, a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States...

    , Beaufort, South Carolina
    Beaufort, South Carolina
    Beaufort is a city and county seat in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 12,950 in the 2000 census...

    ) - Lieutenant Commander
    Lieutenant Commander
    Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander...

     Kevin 'Kojak' Davis of the Blue Angels
    Blue Angels
    The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest flying aerobatic team...

     was killed when he blacked out and lost control of his F/A-18 Hornet
    F/A-18 Hornet
    The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. The F/A-18 was derived from the YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of...

    .
  • March 16 - Tico Airshow (Titusville, Florida
    Titusville, Florida
    Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 40,670 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau was 44,756. It is the county seat of Brevard County...

    ) - Pilot Eilon Krugman-Kadi is killed when the Aero L-39 Albatros
    Aero L-39
    The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia to meet requirements for a "C-39" during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín...

     he was piloting crashed into the ground while performing a loop.

2006

  • October 14 - Culpeper Regional Airport Airshow (Culpeper, Virginia
    Culpeper, Virginia
    Culpeper is an incorporated town in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,664 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Culpeper County. Culpeper is part of the Culpeper Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Culpeper County...

    ) - Pilot Nancy Lynn
    Nancy Lynn
    Nancy A. Lynn was born in Dayton, Ohio. A graduate of Denison University, entrepreneur, public speaker, actor, and pilot, Lynn is most well known for her role as an aerobatic pilot and flight instructor...

     was killed when the wingtip of her Extra 300
    Extra 300
    The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award-winning German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau.-Design and development:...

    L struck the ground while performing multiple snap rolls.
  • October 4 - Tucumcari Air Show (Tucumcari, New Mexico
    Tucumcari, New Mexico
    This article is about the city in New Mexico, USA. For other uses see Tucumcari .Tucumcari is a city in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 5,989 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Quay County. Tucumcari was founded in 1901...

    ) - Pilot Guy "Doc" Baldwin was killed when he lost control of his Extra 300
    Extra 300
    The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award-winning German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau.-Design and development:...

    L while performing a loop.
  • September 22 - (Capetown, South Africa) - Pilot Martin Van Straaten of the Sasol Tigers
    Sasol
    Sasol is a South African company involved in mining, energy, chemicals and synfuels. In particular, they produce petrol and diesel profitably from coal and natural gas using Fischer-Tropsch process...

     aerobatic team is killed when the Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin jet trainer he is flying crashed into Table Bay
    Table Bay
    Table Bay is a natural inlet overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was so named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this region in 1486...

     during a practice flight. He had ejected at too low of an altitude prior to the crash.
  • September 10 - Aero GP
    Aero GP
    Aero GP is a cutting-edge motor sports series involving high-performance aerobatics aeroplanes racing around a tight circuit at near ground level, dropping bombs on targets and competing in real air to air combat heats. The competing pilots are highly trained military and civilian pilots from...

     of Malta (Marsamxett Harbour
    Marsamxett Harbour
    Marsamxett Harbour, also referred as Marsamuscetto in many ancient documents, is the northern of Valletta's two natural harbours on the island of Malta, separated from the southern one by the Valetta peninsular. To the north it is bounded by Gżira and Sliema as far as Dragut Point and extends...

    , Malta
    Malta
    Malta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed European country in the European Union. The Southern European island nation is an archipelago that includes the inhabited islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino, along with a number of smaller, uninhabited islands...

    ) - Pilot Gabor Varga
    Gábor Varga
    Gábor Varga is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Lombard-Pápa TFC.- References :***...

     was killed when the Yak-55
    Yakovlev Yak-55
    The Yakovlev Yak-55 is a single seat aerobatic aircraft. Pilots flying the Yak-55 have won several world aerobatic championships.-Development:...

     aircraft he was piloting was involved in a mid-air collision with another aircraft. Eddie Goggins, who was piloting an Extra 200
    Extra 200
    The Extra Flugzeugbau Extra 200 is a two-seat, tandem arrangement, low-wing aerobatic monoplane with conventional landing gear fully capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed by Walter Extra who introduced it to the US market in 1996...

    , received minor injuries.
  • July 30 - Experimental Aircraft Association
    Experimental Aircraft Association
    The Experimental Aircraft Association is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 160,000 members, and around 1,000 chapters in many countries....

    's AirVenture show (Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago. The population was 62,916 at the 2000 census; it had a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. The city is located adjacent to and partially within the Town of Oshkosh.-History:Oshkosh...

    ) - The passenger of a Van's Aircraft RV-6
    Van's Aircraft RV-6
    The Van's RV-6 and RV-6A are two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplanes sold in kit form by Van's Aircraft. The RV-6 is the tail-wheel equipped version while the RV-6A features a nose-wheel. The RV-6 was the first aircraft in the popular Van’s RV series to feature side-by-side seating...

     was killed when the propeller of a Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
    TBF Avenger
    The Grumman TBF Avenger was a torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air or naval arms around the world. It entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway.-Design and development:Douglas' TBD...

     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.
  • July 16 - Oregon International Airshow
    Oregon International Airshow
    The Oregon International Airshow is an annual event held at the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The event began in 1988, and has an annual attendance of 65,000. It is the largest civilian air show on the West Coast of the United States...

     (Hillsboro, Oregon
    Hillsboro, Oregon
    Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that comprise what has become known as...

    ) - Pilot Robert E. Guilford is killed when his Hawker-Siddeley Hunter MK-58
    Hawker Hunter
    The Hawker Hunter was a UK jet fighter aircraft of the 1950s and 1960s. The Hunter served for many years with the Royal Air Force and was widely exported, serving with 19 air forces. A total of 1,972 Hunters were produced by Hawker Siddeley and under licence....

     lost power and crashed into a residence. Guilford was leaving the airshow on a return trip home.
  • May 5 - Children's Day flight exhibition (Suwon Air Base
    Suwon
    Suwon is the provincial capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately 30 kilometres south of Seoul...

    , South Korea
    South Korea
    South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...

    ) - Captain Kim Do-hyun of the Republic of Korea Air Force
    Republic of Korea Air Force
    The Republic of Korea Air Force is the air force of South Korea. It operates under the Ministry of National Defense....

    's Black Eagles display team was killed when he lost control of his A-37B Dragonfly
    A-37 Dragonfly
    The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is a United States light attack aircraft developed from the T-37 Tweet basic trainer in the 1960s and 1970s...

    .

2005

  • 24 August - Thunder in the Air Airshow warm-up - (Thunder Bay, Ontario
    Thunder Bay, Ontario
    Thunder Bay , formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury...

    ) - Capt. Andrew Mackay of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds safely ejected from his aircraft.
  • July 10 - Moose Jaw Air Show (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway. 71 km west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians...

    ) - Pilots Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin were killed in a mid-air collision during a dogfight routine. At the time of the accident, Franklin was piloting a Waco
    Waco Aircraft Company
    The Waco Aircraft Company was an aircraft company located in Troy, Ohio, USA. Between 1919 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes....

     UPF-7
    Waco F series
    The Waco F series was a range of American-built private pilot owner and training biplanes of the 1930s from the Waco Aircraft Company.-Development:The Waco 'F' series of biplanes supplanted and then replaced the earlier 'O' series of 1927/33...

     biplane, and Youkin was piloting a Wolf-Samson biplane, a 1980s replica of the 1948 Pitts Samson
    Curtis Pitts
    Curtis Pitts of Stillmore, Georgia, was a designer of a series of popular aerobatic biplanes, known as the Pitts Special. He also designed the Pitts Samson, built in 1948 for aerobatic pilot Jess Bristow...

    .

2004

  • October 15 - Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show (Miramar, California
    Miramar, San Diego, California
    Miramar is a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego, California, USA. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts....

    ) - Stunt pilot Sean DeRosier was killed when his "Cabo Wabo SkyRocker" failed to pull out of a dive.

2003

  • September 15 - Gunfighter Skies Air Show (Mountain Home, Idaho
    Mountain Home, Idaho
    Mountain Home is the largest city and county seat of Elmore County, Idaho. The population was 11,143 at the 2000 census . The mayor of the city is ....

    ) - Pilot error was blamed for the crash of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force , based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft.Officers serve a two-year assignment...

     F-16C. The official reports states the pilot "misinterpreted the altitude required to complete the "Split S" maneuver". Pilot successfully ejected and suffered minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
  • July 12 - Flying Legends Air Show (Duxford
    Duxford
    Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, some ten miles south of Cambridge. Duxford gives its name to RAF Duxford, a former Royal Air Force airfield that was used as a sector station during the Battle of Britain. Duxford Aerodrome was the home of Douglas Bader's Big Wing during that battle...

    , Cambridgeshire
    Cambridgeshire
    Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

    , England) - Lieutenant Commander Bill Murton and Neil Rix were killed when the Fairey Firefly
    Fairey Firefly
    The Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. It was superior in performance and firepower to its predecessor, the Fulmar, but did not enter operational service until towards the end of the war. It remained a mainstay of the FAA until the...

     they were in went into a nosedive and never recovered. The plane crashed on the eastern side of the M11 motorway
    M11 motorway
    The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the North Circular Road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14, north-west of Cambridge.-Route:...

    .
  • May 31 - Coventry Classic Airshow (Coventry
    Coventry
    Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham with a population of 300,848...

    , West Midlands
    West Midlands (county)
    The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of 2,591,300. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire...

    , England) - Swedish pilot Pierre Hollander is killed when his homebuilt replica of Charles Lindbergh
    Charles Lindbergh
    Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S...

    's Spirit of St. Louis
    Spirit of St. Louis
    The Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built single engine, single seat monoplane that was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.Lindbergh took off in the Spirit from Roosevelt...

     aircraft crashed. The right hand wing of the plane broke up at an approximate altitude of 100 feet.

2002

  • November 10 - Celebrate Freedom Festival Airshow (Columbia, South Carolina
    Columbia, South Carolina
    Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 116,278 according to the 2000 census . Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into Lexington County. The city is the center of a metro area of 728,063...

    ) - Pilot Joe Tobul was killed when his F4U-4 Corsair
    F4U Corsair
    The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. The Corsair served in smaller air forces until the 1960s, following the longest production...

     lost power and crashed in a field. At the time of the crash, the plane was part of a flyover formation.
  • August 2 - Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival (Lowestoft
    Lowestoft
    Lowestoft is a town on The Sunrise Coast in the county of Suffolk, England, lying between the eastern edge of Suffolk Broads on Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing which heads towards North Sea within the parliamentary constituency and District of Waveney...

    , Suffolk
    Suffolk
    Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

    , England) - Flight Lieutenant Tony Cann safely ejected from the Harrier GR7 he was piloting after an engine failure. He was performing a bow maneuver at an approximate altitude of 50 feet over the sea at the time of the accident.
  • July 27 - Sknyliv airshow disaster (Sknyliv Airfield
    Sknyliv
    Sknyliv is an airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. It was the site of the deadly Sknyliv airshow disaster....

      Lviv
    Lviv
    Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour Poland. The historic centre of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived the Second World War and the Soviet presence...

    , Ukraine
    Ukraine
    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...

    ) - Pilot Volodymyr Toponar and co-pilot Yuriy Yegorov of the Ukrainian Air Force
    Ukrainian Air Force
    The Ukrainian Air Force is a part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian Air Force Command and headquarters are located in the city of Vinnytsia....

     demonstration team the Ukrainian Falcons
    Ukrainian Falcons
    The Ukrainian Falcons is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Ukrainian Air Force. It was established in 1997 as a team of 6 MiG-29s ....

     eject from their Sukhoi Su-27
    Sukhoi Su-27
    The Sukhoi Su-27 is a one-seat Mach-2 class jet fighter plane originally manufactured by the Soviet Union, and designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau...

     after the left wing struck the ground during a low altitude roll maneuver. The aircraft then struck a parked Ilyushin Il-76
    Ilyushin Il-76
    The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose 4-engined strategic airlifter that was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas of Russia...

     transport and then cartwheeled into a crowd of spectators killing 85 including two dozen children and injuring over 100.
  • July 21 - Charity Airshow for Thames Valley Air Ambulance (Berkshire, England) - A pilot is injured when his de Havilland Tiger Moth
    De Havilland Tiger Moth
    The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952 when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation...

     biplane lost altitude rapidly and crash landed, throwing the 55 year old pilot clear of the wreckage.
  • July 20 - Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) airshow
    Royal International Air Tattoo
    The Royal International Air Tattoo is the world's largest military air show, held annually over the third weekend in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust...

     (Fairford
    Fairford
    Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Cotswolds on the River Coln, around 10 km east of Cirencester, 6 km west of Lechlade and 15 km north of Swindon...

    , Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire
    Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

    , 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.
  • April 20 - Point Mugu air show (Point Mugu, California
    Point Mugu, California
    Point Mugu , California is an unincorporated area and geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term Muwu, meaning beach, which was first mentioned by Cabrillo in...

    ) - Navy pilot Commander Michael Norman and radar intercept officer Marine Corps Captain Andrew Muhs were killed when their McDonnell-Douglas QF-4S+ Phantom II
    F-4 Phantom II
    The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. Proving highly adaptable, it became a major part of the air wings of the United States...

     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
    NATOPS
    The Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization program prescribes general flight and operating instructions and procedures applicable to the operation of all US naval aircraft and related activities...

     recovery techniques."

2001

  • June 4 - (Rouen, France
    Rouen
    Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie region. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

    ) - Pilot Martin Sargeant was killed while making an emergency landing of his Supermarine Spitfire
    Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used into the 1950s both as a front line fighter and in secondary roles...

    . It was reported that he swerved away from the crowds at the last moment when he realized he would have to make a crash landing.
  • June 2 - Two accidents occurred during the Biggin Hill
    London Biggin Hill Airport
    London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south southeast of London, United Kingdom. The airport was formerly the Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation.Biggin Hill is best...

     Airshow over the weekend of June 2-3, 2001. In the first accident, on the Saturday, a vintage de Havilland Vampire
    De Havilland Vampire
    The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet-engined fighter of the Second World War, the second jet-powered aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the War , although it was not used in combat. The Vampire served with front line RAF squadrons until 1955 and continued in use as a...

     jet crashed, killing both pilots on board. The Vampire had been flying a display in tandem with a de Havilland Sea Vixen
    De Havilland Sea Vixen
    The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a twin boom 1950s–1960s British two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s...

     aircraft, and the likely cause of the accident was that the Vampire's flight path had been disrupted by wake turbulence
    Wake turbulence
    Wake turbulence is turbulence that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. This turbulence includes various components, the most important of which are wingtip vortices and jetwash. Jetwash refers simply to the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine; it is extremely...

     from the larger aircraft.
  • June 3 - The following day, a 1944 Bell P63 Kingcobra crashed, also killing the pilot. The American World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

     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. Video

2000

  • August 18 - Airbourne
    Airbourne (air show)
    Airbourne, also known as Eastbourne International Airshow, is a 4-day international air show run every August in Eastbourne, Sussex, England...

     2000 show (Eastbourne
    Eastbourne
    Eastbourne is a large town and borough of East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with an estimated population of 106,652 as of 2009. The area has seen human activity since the stone age and it remained one of small settlements until the 19th century when its four hamlets gradually merged to...

    , East Sussex
    East Sussex
    East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:See main article:History of Sussex...

    , England) - Former Red Arrows
    Red Arrows
    The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force, based at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, UK...

     pilot Ted Girdler was killed when his Aero L-29 Delfín
    Aero L-29 Delfin
    The Aero L-29 Delfín was a military jet trainer aircraft that became the standard jet trainer for the air forces of Warsaw Pact nations in the 1960s...

     jet failed to pull up from a diving roll and crashed into the English Channel
    English Channel
    The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover...

    .
  • June 18 - Willow Grove 2000 Sounds of Freedom Air Show (Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
    Willow Grove is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about 10 miles north of Philadelphia. The population was 16,234 at the 2000 census...

    ) - Two crew members of a F-14 Tomcat
    F-14 Tomcat
    The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006...

     were killed when their aircraft lost altitude and crashed into a wooded area. They were demonstrating a low speed "landing wave-off maneuver" at the time of the accident.

1999

  • July 29 - EAA Airventure airshow (Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh, Wisconsin
    Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago. The population was 62,916 at the 2000 census; it had a metropolitan area of 159,972 people. The city is located adjacent to and partially within the Town of Oshkosh.-History:Oshkosh...

    ) - Pilot Laird Doctor was seriously injured when his F4U Corsair
    F4U Corsair
    The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. The Corsair served in smaller air forces until the 1960s, following the longest production...

     collided with a stationary F8F Bearcat
    F8F Bearcat
    The Grumman F8F Bearcat was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th Century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.-Design and development:Designed for the...

     during its takeoff roll. The Corsair crashed in flames beside the runway and was destroyed. Howard Pardue, the pilot of the Bearcat, was not seriously injured but his aircraft suffered major damage.
  • June 12 - Paris Air Show
    Paris Air Show
    The Paris Air Show is an international trade fair for the aerospace business...

     (Paris, France) - A Russian Air Force
    Russian Air Force
    The Russian Air Force is the air force of Russia. It is the second or third largest Air Force in the world, depending on whether aircraft or personnel numbers are compared with the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin...

     Sukhoi
    Sukhoi
    Sukhoi is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer famous for its fighters. Founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau , it is currently known as Sukhoi Corporation...

     Su-30MKI demonstrator '01' with canards and vectored thrust
    Thrust vectoring
    Thrust vectoring is the ability of an aircraft or other vehicle to direct the thrust from its main engine in a direction other than parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal axis. The technique was originally envisaged to provide upward vertical thrust as a means to give aircraft vertical or short ...

     crashed at Le Bourget
    Le Bourget
    Le Bourget is a commune in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the center of Paris.A very small part of Le Bourget airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport...

     Airport. At the completion of a downward spiralling maneuver, the tail contacted the grass surface. With almost no forward speed the fighter was able to pull away from the ground, wings level, with an up pitch of 10-15 degrees and climb to ~150 feet (46 m), with the right jet nozzle deflected fully up and flames engulfing the left engine. Sukhoi test pilot Vyacheslav Averynov initiated ejection with navigator Vladimir Shendrikh departing the aircraft first. The Zvezda
    Zvezda
    Zvezda is a common word amongst Slavic Languages meaning "Star" , and may refer to one of the following:* Zvezda * Zvezda , a component of the International Space Station...

     K-36D-3.5 ejection seats work perfectly and both crew descend on a taxiway unhurt. The Su-30 impacted some distance from the crew. Video
  • June 6 - Milan Rastislav Stefanik airport airshow (Bratislava
    Bratislava
    Bratislava is the capital of the Slovak Republic and, with a population of about 429,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River...

    , Slovakia
    Slovakia
    The Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...

    ) - Test pilot
    Test pilot
    A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated.Test pilots may work for military organizations or private, companies...

     Graham Wardell was killed when his Aerospace
    BAE Systems
    BAE Systems plc is a British defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is the world's second-largest defence contractor and the largest in Europe...

     Hawk 200
    BAE Hawk
    The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single engine, advanced jet trainer aircraft. It first flew in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk. The Hawk is used by the Royal Air Force, and other air forces, as either a trainer or a low-cost combat aircraft...

     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.

1998

  • August 15 - Swanton Morley Airshow (East Dereham, Norfolk
    Norfolk
    Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich...

    , England) - Pilot Christopher Wilkins was killed when his Rollason D31 Turbulent
    Druine Turbulent
    The Druine D.31 Turbulent is a French single-seat ultralight Homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Druine.-Development:The D.31 Turbulent was designed to be amateur-built and is a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with cantilever low-wing and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Designed to be powered by a...

     stalled and crashed while performing with the Tiger Club
    Tiger Club
    The Tiger Club is a flying club formed in 1956 at Croydon Airport, England to race DH82a de Havilland Tiger Moths. The founder was Norman Jones who ran the Club until he handed it over to his son Michael Jones...

     display team.
  • May 19 - DARE Airshow (Manassas, Virginia
    Manassas, Virginia
    Manassas is an independent city within the confines of Prince William County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 35,135 at the 2000 census. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Manassas with Prince William County for statistical purposes...

    ) - Pilot Dr. Miles Merritt was killed when his Sukhoi Su-29
    Sukhoi Su-29
    The Sukhoi Su-29 is a Russian two-seat sports aerobatics aircraft with a 268 kW radial engine. It was designed based on the Su-26 aircraft and inherited most design and technical features of its predecessor...

     crashed while performing a "skidding turn" at too low of an altitude.

1997

  • October 12 - (Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England) - The last flying World War II German Messerschmitt Bf 109
    Messerschmitt Bf 109
    The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. It was one of the first true modern fighters of the era, including such features as an all-metal monocoque construction, a closed canopy, and retractable landing gear...

     crashed at an air show while being flown by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison, Commander-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command
    RAF Strike Command
    The Royal Air Force's Strike Command was the military formation which controlled the majority of the United Kingdom's combat aircraft from 1968 until 1 April 2007. That day it was merged with Personnel and Training Command to form the single Air Command....

    . He was unhurt despite the plane coming to rest upside down. The plane, known to be difficult to land due to poor visibility from the cockpit and narrow-track landing gear, had overshot the runway while landing.
  • September 14 - Chesapeake Air Show (Middle River, Maryland
    Middle River, Maryland
    Middle River is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 23,958 at the 2000 census...

    ) - A Lockheed F-117, 81-793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico
    New Mexico
    New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S...

    , lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport
    Martin State Airport
    Martin State Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located near the town of Essex, Maryland on Maryland State Highway 150 , near the intersection of Maryland State Highway 700 , 9 miles east of the city of Baltimore, in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA...

    , and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland
    Bowleys Quarters, Maryland
    Bowleys Quarters is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, with a population of 6,314 in 2000.-History:...

     damaging several homes. Four people on the ground received minor injuries and the pilot, Maj. Bryan "B.K." Knight, 36, escaped with minor injuries after ejecting from the aircraft. A month-long Air Force investigation found that four of 39 fasteners for the wing's structural support assembly were apparently left off when the wings were removed and reinstalled in January 1996, according to a report released 12 December 1997.
  • July 26 - Ostend Airshow (Ostend
    Ostend
    ||-||-||}Ostend  is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast....

    , Belgium
    Belgium
    The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...

    ) - Captain Omar Hani Bilal of the Jordanian Air Force display team, the Royal Jordanian Falcons
    Royal Jordanian Falcons
    The Royal Jordanian Falcons are the national aerobatic demonstration team of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The team was formed on the orders of King Hussein of Jordan in 7 November 1978. The team used 3 Pitts S-2A Specials, before changing to 5 Walter Extra EA300s in 1992...

    , was killed when he lost control of his Walter Extra EA300s
    Extra 300
    The Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 is a two-seat aerobatic monoplane capable of Unlimited category competition. It was designed in 1987 by Walter Extra, an award-winning German aerobatic pilot and built by Extra Flugzeugbau.-Design and development:...

    . His plane crashed at the end of the runway and burst into flames near a Red Cross tent and spectator stands. On the ground, eight were killed and forty injured.
  • June 22 - Wings Over Long Island Airshow - (Westhampton, New York
    Westhampton, New York
    Westhampton is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 2,869 at the 2000 census.Westhampton is in the Town of Southampton.-Geography:Westhampton is located at ....

    ) - Two planes racing in an airshow collided in midair over Francis S. Gabreski Airport
    Francis S. Gabreski Airport
    Francis S. Gabreski Airport is a county-owned, civil airport located three miles north of the central business district of Westhampton Beach, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States...

     in front of 15,000 spectators. Pilot Dick Goodlett died when his aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The second plane crash-landed, critically injuring pilot Chris Kalishek.
  • June 1 - Air Show Colorado 1997 (Broomfield, Colorado
    Broomfield, Colorado
    The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado...

    ) - Ret. Colonel "Smiling Jack" Jack M. Rosamond was killed when he lost control of his restored F-86 Sabre Jet during an acrobatic loop at the (then known as) Jefferson County Airport. Unseasonably high temperatures combined with the natural high elevation (5,673 ft) of the airport was thought to make the air less dense than expected, leading to poor effectiveness of flight control surfaces. Nobody else was injured in the accident.

1996

  • July 21 - Barton Aerodrome
    Barton Aerodrome
    City Airport is a general aviation airport in the Barton-upon-Irwell area of Eccles, in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Formerly known as both Barton Aerodrome and City Airport Manchester, it is west of Manchester and was the United Kingdom's first purpose-built municipal airport...

     air show (Barton-upon-Irwell
    Barton-upon-Irwell
    Barton-upon-Irwell is an area of Eccles, within the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England.-History:The district is the proposed location of the 20,000-capacity City of Salford Stadium...

    , Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester
    Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

    , England) - The last de Havilland Mosquito
    De Havilland Mosquito
    The de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in versatility during the Second World War. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito adapted to many other roles in during the air war in both the Pacific theatre of Operations and the European theatre,...

     known to be airworthy (serial number RR299), a T Mk III built By D.H. at Leavesden in Spring 1945, crashed with the loss of both crew after suffering an engine power loss when performing a wing-over manoeuvre. Video
  • July 14 - Flying Legends
    Flying Legends
    The Flying Legends airshow is held at Duxford in Cambridgeshire in England at the beginning of July every year.The airshow features only warbird and vintage aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane and P-51 Mustang. It is run by The Fighter Collection, which is based at...

     Air Display (Duxford
    Duxford
    Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, some ten miles south of Cambridge. Duxford gives its name to RAF Duxford, a former Royal Air Force airfield that was used as a sector station during the Battle of Britain. Duxford Aerodrome was the home of Douglas Bader's Big Wing during that battle...

    , Cambridgeshire, England) - Pilot Michael "Hoof" Proudfoot was killed when his Lockheed P-38 Lightning
    P-38 Lightning
    The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament...

     aircraft crashed and cartwheeled while performing a roll maneuver. Several aircraft on the ground were damaged or destroyed.
  • April 16 - EAA
    EAA
    EAA can refer to:*Educational Assessment Australia, an educational assessment organisation*Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, an international organization of churches*European Athletic Association, the European governing body for the sport of athletics...

     Sun 'n Fun
    Sun 'n Fun
    Sun 'n Fun is a "Fly-in" and airshow held annually at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Florida, usually during the second or third week of April....

     (Lakeland, Florida
    Lakeland, Florida
    Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 89,108. Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida...

    ) - Pilot Charlie Hillard
    Charlie Hillard
    Charlie Hillard was an American aerobatics pilot, and the first American to win the world aerobatics title. Hillard formed the Red Devils aerobatic team in 1971 with fellow pilots Gene Soucy and Tom Poberezny...

     was killed when his Hawker Sea Fury
    Hawker Sea Fury
    The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker during the Second World War. The last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.-Design and development:The...

     flipped over while landing in a crosswind.

1995

  • September 9 - (Johannisthal, Germany
    Johannisthal Air Field
    The Johannisthal Air Field, located 15 km southeast of Berlin, between Johannisthal and Adlershof, was Germany's first airfield. It opened on 26 September 1909, a few weeks after the world's first airfield at Rheims, France....

    ) - A DASA-operated Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun
    Messerschmitt Bf 108
    The Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun was a German single-engine sports and touring aircraft developed by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke . The Bf 108 was of all-metal construction...

    , D-EFPT, crashed during an airshow, killing pilot Gerd Kahdemann and passenger Reinhard Furrer
    Reinhard Furrer
    Reinhard Alfred Furrer was a German scientist and astronaut.Furrer was born in Wörgl, Austria . After the end of World War II, his father was expelled from Austria. The family found a new home in Kempten im Allgäu, Bavaria. Furrer stayed there until he joined the University of Kiel to study physics...

    , a former astronaut who had flown in space for Germany in 1985 during the STS-61A mission aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger
    Space Shuttle Challenger
    Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Columbia being the first. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission, STS-51-L on January 28, 1986, resulting...

    . After completing an aerobatic display, the Bf 108 was seen to climb and attempt an aileron turn with increased pitch which devolved into a barrel roll into the ground at a ~90 degree angle. A piece of airframe that came loose while the aircraft was inverted was found to be the starboard wing leading edge slat.
  • September 2 - Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario) - Seven Royal Air Force
    Royal Air Force
    The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts.The RAF operates almost 1,109...

     crew members were killed when their Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2P stalled during a low alttiude turn and crashed into Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S. state of New York...

    .

1994

  • April 3 - Warbirds Over Wanaka
    Warbirds over Wanaka
    Warbirds over Wanaka is a biennial air show in Wanaka, held on the Easter weekend of even-numbered years. It is held at Wanaka Airport, 10 km outside Wanaka village. Initially conceived by New Zealand live deer recovery pioneer, Sir Tim Wallis, as a display day for him to play with his collection...

     Air Show (Wanaka
    Wanaka
    Wanaka is a town in the Central Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, adjacent to the outflow of the lake to the Clutha River. It is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. Wanaka is primarily a resort town but has both summer and...

    , New Zealand
    New Zealand
    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...

    ) - Ian Reynolds was killed when his de Havilland Chipmunk crashed while trying to recover from a low level "Split-S" maneuver during his display.

1993

  • August 22 - Prairie Air '93 Air Show - (Bloomington, Illinois
    Bloomington, Illinois
    Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area which is often referred to simply as "Bloomington-Normal." ...

    ) - A Pitts Special
    Pitts Special
    The Pitts Special is a light aerobatic biplane designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944...

     flown by Charlie Wells crashed while performing a Lomcevak
    Lomcevak
    A Lomcovak is an aerobatic maneuver that can be performed by an aircraft. The word originates from the Czechoslovakian aerobatic pilot Ladislav Bezák's mechanic, who at a 1958 air show in Brno, Czechoslovakia jokingly called Bezák's tumble maneuvres "Lomcovaks" when asked by journalists what they...

    . Wells was killed instantly when the plane hit the ground. No one on the ground was injured, and the airshow continued despite the accident, however no more aerobatic planes performed for the remainder of the day.
  • August 8 - Stockholm Water Festival
    Stockholm Water Festival
    Stockholm Water Festival was a popular summer festival held annually in Stockholm between 1991 and 1999....

     (Stockholm
    Stockholm
    ' is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the Riksdag , and the official residence of the Swedish Monarch as well as the prime minister. The Monarch resides at Drottningholm Palace outside of Stockholm since 1980 and uses the Royal Palace of...

    , Sweden
    Sweden
    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...

    ) - A JAS 39 Gripen
    JAS 39 Gripen
    The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Gripen International acts as a prime contracting organisation and is responsible for marketing, selling and supporting the Gripen fighter around the world....

    , 39-102, crashed on the central Stockholm island of Långholmen
    Långholmen
    Långholmen is an island in central Stockholm, between Södermalm and Kungsholmen.Långholmen is a green oasis in the city, and a popular spot for walks, picnics and swimming. The small beaches, located right outside the former prison, are usually crowded in summer. However, up until 1975, Långholmen...

    , near the Västerbron
    Västerbron
    Västerbron is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. With a total length exceeding 600 m, 340 m of which stretches over water, it is one of the major bridges in Stockholm, offering one of the most panoramic views of the central part of the city centering on Gamla stan, the old town...

     bridge, during a slow speed manoeuver. Lars Radestrom, the same pilot as in the 1989 incident ejected
    Ejector seat
    In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. The concept of an ejectable escape capsule has also...

     safely. Despite large crowds standing by watching, no one on the ground was seriously injured. This crash was caused by a PIO
    Pilot-induced oscillation
    Pilot-induced oscillation occurs when the pilot of an aircraft inadvertently commands an often increasing series of corrections in opposite directions, each an attempt to cover the aircraft's reaction to the previous input with an overcorrection in the opposite direction. An aircraft in such a...

    .
  • July 24 - Royal International Air Tattoo
    Royal International Air Tattoo
    The Royal International Air Tattoo is the world's largest military air show, held annually over the third weekend in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust...

     - (Fairford, Gloucestershire, England) - Two MiG-29s of the Russian Air Force Russian Swifts
    Strizhi
    The Strizhi are a Soviet and later Russian aerobatic performance demonstrator team connected with the Russian Air Force.In July 1983 the 234 Guards Fighter Regiment based in Kubinka air base was among the first regular aviation regiments to receive 4th generation fighters Mig-29...

     aerobatic team collided in mid-air and crashed away from the public. No one was hurt on the ground, and both pilots (Alexander Beschastonov and Sergey Tresvyatsk) ejected safely. Investigators later determined that a pilot error was the cause; one pilot did a reverse loop and disappeared into the clouds, the other one lost sight of his wingman and aborted the routine. Video
  • May 2 - (Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
    Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
    Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine, California, at .Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acre home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast. Designated as a Master Jet Station, its four runways could handle the...

    , California) - A vintage F-86 Sabre
    F-86 Sabre
    The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority...

     crashed and exploded in the middle of a runway after pilot James A. Gregory failed to come out of a vertical loop about a quarter-mile from spectators. The impact killed the pilot and sent flaming debris along the ground. No one on the ground was injured. NTSB Report. Video

1992

  • June 29 - Quad City Airshow (Davenport, Iowa
    Davenport, Iowa
    Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 98,359 and is Iowa's third-largest city. Davenport is one of the Quad Cities, along...

    ) - An AV-8B Harrier leaving the airshow crashed on take off, killing pilot Maj. Jeffrey Smith.
  • June 27 - Woodford Airshow (Woodford, Greater Manchester
    Woodford, Greater Manchester
    Woodford is situated in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It lies south of Stockport, north-northwest of Macclesfield, and south-southeast of Manchester. It forms a semi-rural area of mainly ribbon development with open aspect to the South...

    , England) - David Moore was killed when his Supermarine Spitfire
    Supermarine Spitfire
    The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries through the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used into the 1950s both as a front line fighter and in secondary roles...

     Mk.XIV crashed into the runway at Woodford Aerodrome during a low level loop.

1990

  • September 9 - (Salgareda
    Salgareda
    Salgareda is a comune in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about 30 km northeast of Venice and about 20 km east of Treviso...

    , Italy) - A Soviet Su-27 coded "14 Red" crashed during an aerobatic display, killing its test pilot Rimas A.A. Stankeavicius. Video
  • July 1 - National Capital Air Show (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - Harry E. Tope was killed when his P-51 Mustang
    P-51 Mustang
    The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat World War II fighter aircraft. Designed, built and airborne in just 117 days, the Mustang first flew in RAF service as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft before conversion to a bomber escort, employed in raids over...

     crashed into a golf course..
  • June 30 - Groton Air Show (Groton, Connecticut
    Groton, Connecticut
    Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 census.Groton is the home of the Electric Boat Corporation, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy, and the Navy's SUBASE New...

    ) - Russell Gage was killed while attempting to roll his aircraft on takeoff.

1989

  • 3 September - Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario) - Captain Shane Antaya, flying for the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team died after a midair collision during a demonstration when his Tutor crashed into Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario
    Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S. state of New York...

    . During the same accident, team commander Major Dan Dempsey safely ejected from his aircraft.
  • June 8 - Paris Air Show (Paris, France) - 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
    Turbofan
    A turbofan is a type of aircraft gas turbine engine that provides propulsion using a combination of a ducted fan and a jet exhaust nozzle. Part of the airstream from the ducted fan passes through the core, providing oxygen to burn fuel to create power. However, the rest of the air flow bypasses...

     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. Video

1988

  • August 28 - Ramstein airshow disaster
    Ramstein airshow disaster
    The Ramstein airshow disaster was one of the world's deadliest airshow disasters. It took place in front of an audience of about 300,000 people on August 28, 1988, in Ramstein, state of Rheinland-Pfalz, West Germany, near the city of Kaiserslautern at the U.S...

     (Ramstein
    Ramstein-Miesenbach
    Ramstein-Miesenbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.-History:As a result of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz administrative reform, Ramstein-Miesenbach, which has a population of approx. 9200, was created on 7 June 1969 from the independent...

    , Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

    ) - Three members of Italy's Frecce Tricolori
    Frecce Tricolori
    The Frecce Tricolori , officially known as the 313° Gruppo Addestramento Acrobatico, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, based at Rivolto Air Force Base, in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, province of Udine...

     Air Force Display Team flying Aermacchi MB-339
    Aermacchi MB-339
    The Aermacchi MB-339 is an Italian military trainer and light attack aircraft. It was developed as a replacement for the earlier MB-326.-Design and development:The MB-339 is of conventional configuration, and shares much of the 326's airframe...

    '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 - Air France Flight 296
    Air France Flight 296
    Air France Flight 296 was a chartered flight of a newly-delivered fly-by-wire Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France. On June 26 1988, as part of an air show it was scheduled to fly over Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport at a low speed with landing gear down at an altitude of 100 feet, but instead slowly...

     (Alsace
    Alsace
    Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km²...

    , France
    France
    France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

    ) - While performing a gear down low speed pass at an airshow, a chartered Air France
    Air France
    Air France is a French airline headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, France , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

     Airbus A320
    Airbus A320 family
    The Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range commercial passenger airliners are manufactured by Airbus and are the only narrowbody in their product line...

     lost altitude and crashed into a treeline. Three of the 136 persons aboard are killed.
  • April 24 - (Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California) - Marine Corps Colonel Jerry Cadick, then commanding officer of MAG-11, was performing aerobatics before a crowd of 300,000 when he crashed his F/A-18 Hornet
    F/A-18 Hornet
    The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather carrier-capable multirole fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. The F/A-18 was derived from the YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Hornet is also used by the air forces of...

     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.

1985

  • July 13 - Western New York Air Show '85 (Niagara Falls International Airport
    Niagara Falls International Airport
    Niagara Falls International Airport is a joint civil-military public-use airport located four miles east of the central business district of Niagara Falls, a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. Owned and operated by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, the airport shares...

    , New York) - Blue Angels
    Blue Angels
    The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest flying aerobatic team...

     Aircraft 5, BuNo 155029, and 6, BuNo 154992, both Douglas A-4F Skyhawks, collided at the top of a loop, killing Lt. Cmdr. Michael Gershon. The other pilot, Lt. Andy Caputi, ejected safely with only minor injuries. One Skyhawk crashed on the airport grounds while the second fighter fell onto a nearby auto junkyard. The demonstration team resumed show duties July 20 at Dayton, Ohio but omitted the maneuver that resulted in the crash, and flew with five planes rather than six.

1983

  • May 22 - (Rhein-Main Air Base
    Rhein-Main Air Base
    Rhein-Main Air Base was a U.S. Air Force / NATO military airbase near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It occupied the south side of Frankfurt International Airport. Its airport codes are discontinued....

    , Frankfurt, Germany) - A Canadian Forces CF-104 Starfighter
    F-104 Starfighter
    The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was an American single-engined, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 until 1967. One of the Century Series of aircraft, it continued in service with Air National Guard units until it was phased out...

    , 104813, of 439 Sqn., exploded in mid-air. Falling wreckage killed three adults and two children watching the display. A Canadian Forces spokesman said that the CF-104, flown by Capt. Alan J. Stephenson, 27, was in a formation of five Starfighters, and that he was to do a solo display. He had done two complete circuits and had leveled off for a low-speed fly-past when the plane malfunctioned. He ejected safely.

1982

  • September 11 - (Mannheim, Germany) - A United States Army CH-47 Chinook
    CH-47 Chinook
    The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a versatile, twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its top speed of 170 knots was faster than utility and attack helicopters of the 1960s and even many of today. Its primary roles include troop movement, artillery emplacement and battlefield resupply...

     (serial number 74-22292) crashed while carrying British, French, and German parachutists
    Parachuting
    Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the activity of jumping from enough height to deploy a fabric parachute and land.The history of diving starts with Andre-Jacques Garnerin who made successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797...

     who planned to jump when the helicopter reached an altitude of . All 46 aboard were killed. The crash was later found to be caused by an accumulation of ground walnut
    Walnut
    Walnuts are plants in the family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall , with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts but not the hickories in the same family.The 21 species...

     shells that had been used to clean the machinery.

1981

  • May 9 - (Hill Air Force Base, Utah
    Hill Air Force Base
    Hill Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base located in northern Utah, south of the city of Ogden, adjacent to the cities of Clearfield, Roy, Sunset and Layton and is approximately 29 miles north of Salt Lake City. The base is named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill, who died...

    ) - A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force , based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft.Officers serve a two-year assignment...

     Northrop T-38 Talon
    T-38 Talon
    The Northrop T-38 Talon is an American supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and to date, is also the most produced. It remains in service as of 2009 in air forces throughout the world including the United States Air Force , which remains its largest user.The basic...

     crashed while performing the Hi Lo Maneuver, killing pilot Captain David "Nick" Hauck. Capt. Hauk in Thunderbird 6 crashed while attempting to land his ailing T-38 after an engine malfunctioned and caught fire. With black smoke bellowing from the exhaust and the aircraft losing altitude in a high nose-up angle of attack the safety officer on the ground radioed Capt Hauck; "You’re on fire, punch out" to which he responded; “Hang on... we have a bunch of people down there”. The aircraft continued to fight to stay airborne for about ½ a mile before hitting a large oak tree and a barn, then sliding across a field and flipping as it traversed an irrigation canal ultimately erupting into a fireball just a few hundred feet from the runway's end. No one on the ground was injured even though the wreck occurred adjacent a roadway packed with onlookers.

1980

  • September 21 - (Biggin Hill, London, England
    London Biggin Hill Airport
    London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south southeast of London, United Kingdom. The airport was formerly the Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation.Biggin Hill is best...

    ) - A Douglas A-26 Invader
    A-26 Invader
    The Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts. A limited number of highly modified aircraft served in combat until 1969...

     crashed during an air display. 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.

1978

  • (Grande Prairie, Alberta
    Grande Prairie, Alberta
    Grande Prairie is the main city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country...

    ) - Captain Gordon de Jong of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds died at an air show when the horizontal stabilizer failed, rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. Although ejection was initiated, it was not successful.
  • August 12 - (Glenview, Illinois
    Glenview, Illinois
    There are at least two locations in Illinois called Glenview:*Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago*Glenview, St. Clair County, Illinois, an eastern suburb of St. Louis...

    ) - Avro Vulcan B2
    Avro Vulcan
    The Avro Vulcan is a delta wing subsonic jet bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984. The Vulcan was part of the RAF's V bomber force, which fulfilled the role of nuclear deterrence against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was also used in a conventional bombing...

     XL390
    United Kingdom military aircraft serials
    In the United Kingdom to identify individual aircraft, all military aircraft are allocated and display a serial number. A unified serial number system, maintained by the Air Ministry, and its successor the Ministry of Defence, is used for aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and...

     of 617 Squadron
    No. 617 Squadron RAF
    No. 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. It currently operates the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role...

     Royal Air Force
    Royal Air Force
    The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts.The RAF operates almost 1,109...

     crashed during an air display at Naval Air Station Glenview, just north of Chicago
    Chicago
    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...

    . All four Royal Air Force crew members were killed. Their delta-winged bomber apparently stalled during a wing-over and then crashed into a landfill just north of Willow Road.

1977

  • September 23 - Suffolk Air Fair press preview (Westhampton Beach, New York
    Westhampton Beach, New York
    Westhampton Beach is a village in the town of Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,902.-History:...

    ) - Stunt pilot Edward H. Mahler was killed at Suffolk County Airport when the tail section of his biplane separated at an altitude of 300 feet. An hour before the accident he had repaired a loose strut on the tail section of his plane.
  • June 3 - Paris Air Show (Paris, France) - Test pilot Howard W. "Sam" Nelson was killed when his A-10 Thunderbolt II
    A-10 Thunderbolt II
    The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force to provide close air support of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with a limited air interdiction...

     crashed after coming out of a loop at a low altitude.
  • May 15 - Biggin Hill Air Show (Biggin Hill
    Biggin Hill
    Biggin Hill is a place and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley in London, England. It lies on the Bromley to Westerham road , some south of Bromley.-History:...

    , London, England) - Five persons were killed and one injured when a sightseeing helicopter stuck the underside of a de Havilland Tiger Moth
    De Havilland Tiger Moth
    The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952 when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation...

     biplane at an altitude of 200 feet. The biplane, with "its undercarriage sheared off", was able to land safely with no injuries to the pilot or passenger.

1976

  • September 26 - Weyers Cave Air Show (Weyers Cave, Virginia
    Weyers Cave, Virginia
    Weyers Cave is a census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area....

    ) - Flight instructor Jerry Pressen was killed when his plane stalled as he pulled out of a climb and crashed.

1974

  • September 1 - Farnborough Air Show
    Farnborough Air Show
    The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in Hampshire, England...

     (Hampshire, England
    Hampshire
    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a county on the south coast of England. The county borders , Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

    ) - The Sikorski
    Sikorsky Aircraft
    The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer.-History:Sikorsky was founded in 1925 by aircraft engineer Igor Sikorsky, a Kiev-born American immigrant. The company, named "Sikorsky Manufacturing Company", began aircraft production in Roosevelt, New York that year. In 1929...

     S-67 Blackhawk company demonstrator N671SA crashed while attempting to recover from a roll
    Flight dynamics
    Flight dynamics is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle's center of mass, known as pitch, roll and yaw .Aerospace engineers develop control...

     at too low an altitude
    Altitude
    Altitude is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object...

    , killing its two crew.

1973

  • June 3 - Paris Air Show (Paris, France) - The first production Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner crashed after it disintegrated in mid-air during a flight demonstration, 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 - Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor crash (Sacramento, California
    Sacramento, California
    Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...

    ) - A privately owned F-86 Sabre
    F-86 Sabre
    The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority...

    jet piloted by Richard Bingham failed 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. On the ground, 22 people were killed including twelve children and two people in the parked car. An eight-year-old survivor of the accident lost nine family members including both parents, two brothers, a sister, two grandparents and two cousins. A family of four were also killed in the accident. Immediately after the crash, an elderly couple trying to cross the street to the crash site were struck by a vehicle with the wife being killed.
  • June 4 - Transpo 72
    Transpo 72
    U.S. International Transportation Exposition was a transportation exposition held at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia from May 27 - June 4, 1972. The 10 million dollar event was sponsored by the newly-created U.S. Department of Transportation...

     Airshow (Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...

    ) - Major Joe Howard of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force , based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft.Officers serve a two-year assignment...

     flying Thunderbird 3 was killed at Dulles International Airport when his F-4E-32-MC Phantom II
    F-4 Phantom II
    The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. Proving highly adaptable, it became a major part of the air wings of the United States...

    , 66-0321, lost power during a vertical maneuver. The pilot broke out of formation just after he completed a wedge roll and was ascending at around 2,500 feet AGL
    Above ground level
    In aviation and atmospheric sciences, an altitude is said to be above ground level when it is measured with respect to the underlying ground surface. This is as opposed to above mean sea level , or in broadcast engineering, height above average terrain...

    . The aircraft staggered and descended in a flat attitude with little forward speed. Although Major Howard ejected and descended under a good canopy, winds blew him into the ascending fireball. The parachute melted and the pilot plummeted 200 feet, sustaining fatal injuries.

1970

  • August 30 - (Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the largest city and state's capital. City Hall and the County Courthouse are located on Mays...

    ) - One of the members of the US Navy Blue Angels
    Blue Angels
    The United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, first performed in 1946 and is currently the oldest flying aerobatic team...

     belly landed at Eastern Iowa Airport with one engine stuck in afterburner. The pilot ejected safely and the aircraft ran off the runway.

1968

  • September 20 - Farnborough Air Show (Hampshire
    Hampshire
    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a county on the south coast of England. The county borders , Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

    , England) - Six members of the French Air Force were killed when their Breguet 1150 Atlantic crashed while performing a single engine demonstration.

1966

  • September 2 - Canadian International Air Show (Toronto, Ontario) - US Navy Blue Angels pilot Lt. Cmdr. Dick Oliver was killed when he crashed his F-11 Tiger
    F-11 Tiger
    The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, it was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States...

     into a breakwater at the Toronto Island Airport.
  • August 13 - Aviation Day (Amarillo Air Force Base
    Amarillo Air Force Base
    Amarillo Air Force Base, originally Amarillo Army Air Field is a former United States Air Force base located in Potter County, Texas, approximately 6 miles  East of downtown Amarillo within the easternmost city limits...

    , Texas) - Shelby M. Kritser, chairman of the Texas Aeronautics Commission, was killed when his F8F Bearcat
    F8F Bearcat
    The Grumman F8F Bearcat was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th Century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.-Design and development:Designed for the...

     crashed during an attempted hammerhead stall.

1965

  • June 15 - Paris Air Show (Paris, France) - United States Air Force Lt Colonel Charles O. Tubbs was killed and two other crewmen injured when their B-58 Hustler
    B-58 Hustler
    The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic jet bomber, and the first capable of Mach 2 flight. The aircraft was developed for the United States Air Force for service in the Strategic Air Command during the late 1950s...

     bomber crashed. The plane landed short of the runway, struck the "insturment approach beacons" and burst into flames.

1964

  • May 9 - (Hamilton AFB, California) - United States Air Force Capt. Eugene J. Devlin is killed when a Republic
    Republic
    A republic is a form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch and the people have an impact on its government. The word 'republic' is derived from the Latin phrase res publica which can be translated as "a public affair".Both modern and ancient republics vary widely in their...

     F-105B-15-RE Thunderchief, 57-5801, Thunderbird 2, delivered to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
    The Thunderbirds are the air demonstration squadron of the U.S. Air Force , based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. The squadron tours the United States and much of the world, performing aerobatic formation and solo flying in specially-marked USAF jet aircraft.Officers serve a two-year assignment...

     demonstration team in April 1964, suffers structural failure and disintegrates during 6G tactical pitch up for landing after an air display. The failure of the fuselage's upper spine causes the USAF to ground all F-105s and retrofit the fleet with a structural brace, but the air demonstration team reverts to the F-100 Super Sabre
    F-100 Super Sabre
    The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard until 1979. As the first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was capable of supersonic speed in level flight...

     and never flies another show in F-105s.

1961

  • September 24 - (Wilmington, North Carolina
    Wilmington, North Carolina
    Wilmington is a city in and the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 75,838 at the 2000 Census. A July 1, 2008 United States Census Bureau estimate places the population at 100,192...

    ) - Three servicemen are killed and twelve survive when an Air Force C-123 Provider
    C-123 Provider
    The C-123 Provider was an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and subsequently built by Fairchild Aircraft for the United States Air Force...

     carrying members of the Army Golden Knights
    United States Army Parachute Team
    The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed and commonly known as the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team of the United States Army...

     crashed and burned on take-off at an airshow.

1958

  • September 20 - (RAF Syerston
    RAF Syerston
    RAF Syerston is a Royal Air Force station near Newark, Nottinghamshire. It was used as a bomber base during World War II.-Bomber Command:Syerston was built as part of the bomber expansion in the late thirties, but did not open until December 1 1940. The first aircraft were Vickers Wellingtons...

    , Nottinghamshire
    Nottinghamshire
    Nottinghamshire is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire...

    , England) - A Rolls-Royce
    Rolls-Royce Limited
    Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and, from 1914, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Henry Royce on 15 March 1906 as the result of a partnership formed in 1904. In 1971, Rolls-Royce was crippled by the development of the advanced RB211 jet engine, resulting...

     test pilot flying an Avro Vulcan
    Avro Vulcan
    The Avro Vulcan is a delta wing subsonic jet bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984. The Vulcan was part of the RAF's V bomber force, which fulfilled the role of nuclear deterrence against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was also used in a conventional bombing...

    , VX770, in an air display pulled up too hard after a high-speed flyby and exceeded the airframe's structural limits, collapsing the plane's right wing. The craft spiraled out of control and crashed, killing the entire aircrew and 3 people on the ground.

1956

  • June 9 - RAFA
    Royal Air Forces Association
    The Royal Air Forces Association, more often known as RAF Association, or simply RAFA, is a UK-based charitable organization which provides care and support to serving and retired members of the "Royal Air Forces" and their dependants.The organisation, which was formed in 1943, receives no funding...

     Air Display at Shorts
    Short Brothers
    Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company, usually referred to simply as Shorts, that is now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1908, Shorts was the first true aviation company in the world, and was a manufacturer of flying boats during the 1920s and 1930s and throughout the...

    , Sydenham
    Sydenham, Belfast
    Sydenham is an electoral ward of Belfast based on the area of the same name and containing the George Best Belfast City Airport. The ward was created in 1973 being carved out of the former Victoria ward and has had only minor alterations since then...

     (Belfast
    Belfast
    Belfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of...

    , Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

    ) - Shorts Test Pilot Sqn Ldr
    Squadron Leader
    Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. In these...

     W.J.Runciman flying a Short Seamew
    Short Seamew
    The Short SB.6 Seamew was a "curious-looking" British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 's Grumman Avenger AS 4 with the Reserve branch of the service...

     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".

1954

  • September 5 - National Aircraft Show (Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...

    ) - Major John L. Armstrong was killed when he crashed his F86H Sabrejet
    F-86 Sabre
    The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority...

     while trying to match or break the speed record he had set on that day.

1953

  • September 6 - National Aircraft Show (Dayton, Ohio) - Marine pilot Major William T. Tebow was injured when the Sikorsky helicopter he was flying "brushed rotor blades" with another helicopter and crash landed. Tebow was flying in formation when the accident occurred.

1952


  • August 30 - International Aviation Exposition (Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...

    ) - One of a pair of Northrop F-89 Scorpion
    F-89 Scorpion
    The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an early American jet-powered fighter designed from the outset as an all-weather interceptor. Though its straight wings limited its performance, it was among the first USAF jet fighters equipped to fire guided missiles, including the distinction of being the first...

    s disintegrates in flight during a display, killing the Scorpion pilot and one spectator.
  • September 6 - Farnborough Airshow crash
    1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash
    The DH.110 crash at Farnborough Airshow was a fatal air crash that occurred on 6 September 1952, killing both crew of a de Havilland DH.110 and 29 spectators during the annual air display...

     (Hampshire
    Hampshire
    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a county on the south coast of England. The county borders , Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

    , England) - Pilot John Derry
    John Derry
    John Douglas Derry DFC was a British test pilot, and was the first Briton to exceed the speed of sound. He was killed in the 1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash where his aircraft broke up due to a design fault, with many fatalities.Born in Cairo, Egypt, Derry attended Dragon School in Oxford...

     and flight test observer Anthony Richards flying a DH 110 Sea Vixen
    De Havilland Sea Vixen
    The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a twin boom 1950s–1960s British two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defence fighter that served into the 1970s...

     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. Video

1951

  • September 15 - Fall Festival Day (Flagler, Colorado
    Flagler, Colorado
    Flagler is a Statutory Town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 612 at the 2000 census.The town was established in 1888 as a small settlement near the then-new Rock Island Railroad...

    ) - Twenty people, including the pilot and 13 children, are killed when a stunt plane piloted by Air Force 1st Lt. Norman Jones of Denver flew in low over the crowd and attempted a loop. The pilot had reportedly arrived late and missed the safety briefing which prohibited flying less than 500 feet above the ground and banned any stunts near the crowd. Lt. Jones was at an approximate altitude of 200 feet when he began his loop.

1950

  • July 7 - (Naval Air Station Patuxent River
    Naval Air Station Patuxent River
    "Pax River" redirects here. For the river, see Patuxent River.Naval Air Station Patuxent River , also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States Naval Air Station located in St. Mary's County on Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River. It is home to the U.S...

    , Maryland) - The third prototype of three Vought
    Vought
    Vought is the name of several related aerospace firms. These have included, in the past, Lewis and Vought Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace , Vought Aircraft Companies, and the current Vought Aircraft Industries. The first incarnation of Vought was established by Chance M...

     XF7U-1 Cutlass
    F7U Cutlass
    The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a highly unusual, semi-tailless design, allegedly based on aerodynamic data and plans captured from the Arado company at the end of World War II, though Vought designers...

     twin-tailed fighters, BuNo 122474, suffered an engine explosion during a flight exhibition. Vought test pilot Paul Thayer ejected and parachuted into two feet of water; the airframe impacted on a Patuxent River
    Patuxent River
    The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between...

     island. Thayer was returned safely to the admiral's reviewing stand, where the show announcer asked "What will you do for an encore Mr. Thayer?" The pilot had fractured a small bone at the base of his spine – he later tells Vought management that he was the only manager who actually "broke his ass for the Company."

1949

  • July 24 - Junior Chamber of Commerce air show (Sandusky, Ohio
    Sandusky, Ohio
    Sandusky pronounced [suhn-duhs-kee, san-] is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. The municipality is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east.The population was...

    ) - Lt. Richard H. Glenn received minor injuries when his F-80 Shooting Star crash landed. The F-80's auxiliary wingtip fuel tanks collapsed when Lt. Glenn pulled out of a dive and he belly-landed the plane in a field.
  • July 4 - Otesgo Airfield (Otsego, Michigan
    Otsego, Michigan
    Otsego is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,934 at the 2000 census. The city is within Otsego Township, but is administratively autonomous.Otsego is situated on M-89 about three miles west of Plainwell and US 131...

    ) - Former Navy flight instructor, John Jakus, was killed after his BT-13 Valiant
    BT-13 Valiant
    The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was a American World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces...

     crashed while performing a low altitude roll during an air show performance.
  • January 7 - All-American Air Show (Miami, Florida
    Miami, Florida
    Miami is a major coastal city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida. With an estimated population of 424,662 in 2007, Miami is the largest city within the Miami metropolitan area, which is the...

    ) - Air Force First Lt. James M. Hall was killed when his P-80 Shooting Star
    P-80 Shooting Star
    The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces, and saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force as the F-80. As one of the world's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet...

     failed to pull up during a low altitude dive.

1947

  • July 4 - Decorah air show (Decorah, Iowa
    Decorah, Iowa
    Decorah is a city in and the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,172 at the 2000 census. Decorah is located at the intersection of State Highway 9 and U.S...

    )- Pilot and former WASP
    Women Airforce Service Pilots
    The Women Airforce Service Pilots , and the predecessor groups the Women’s Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron were pioneering organizations of civilian female pilots employed to fly military aircraft under the direction of the United States Army Air Forces...

     Marge Hurlburt is killed when her T-6 Texan
    T-6 Texan
    The North American T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train fighter pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II. Designed by North American Aviation, The T-6 is...

     aircraft crashed while performing a slow roll. At the time she was performing with the "Flying Tigers" aerial circus troupe.
  • June 22 - Wilson-King Sky Show (St. George, Utah
    St. George, Utah
    St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 303 miles ...

    ) - A teenage spectator was killed, and her mother and infant sister were injured, when a light plane involved with the airshow experienced brake failure on landing and crashed into cars parked at the edge of the airfield. The pilot, Bernadine Lewis King, was also injured.
  • May 18 - Municipal airport air show (Burlington, Iowa
    Burlington, Iowa
    Burlington is a city in and the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,839 the 2000 census. Burlington is the center of a micropolitan area including West Burlington, Iowa and Middletown, Iowa and Gulf Port, Illinois...

    ) - Lt. John Peeler was killed when his Navy F4U Corsair
    F4U Corsair
    The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. The Corsair served in smaller air forces until the 1960s, following the longest production...

     crashed into a sandlot baseball game and caught fire a few blocks from the airport. Two teenagers on the ground were killed and seven others were injured.

1946

  • November 10 - Tulsa police air patrol show (Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-largest in the United States. With an estimated population of 385,635 in 2008, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 916,079 residents projected to reach one million between 2010...

    ) - Former Army Air Force instructor Wesley W. Cunningham was killed when his aircraft failed to pull out of a low altitude spin. At the time Cunningham was involved in a skit playing the part of a woman spectator who is chosen from the crowd to fly the airplane.
  • September 16 - Twin Falls Air Show (Twin Falls, Idaho
    Twin Falls, Idaho
    Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 34,469 at the 2000 census; a 2006 estimate found 40,380 people....

    ) - Four crew members were killed when their A-26 Invader crashed while performing a loop during a local airshow.
  • August 9 - North Montana State Fair (Great Falls, Montana
    Great Falls, Montana
    Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 56,690 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the 'Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area', which encompasses all of Cascade County...

    ) - Seven were killed when two A-26 Invader
    A-26 Invader
    The Douglas A-26 Invader was a United States twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II that also saw service during several of the Cold War's major conflicts. A limited number of highly modified aircraft served in combat until 1969...

     attack bombers, part of a low-flying three-plane formation, collided in mid-air 750 feet in front of a grandstand filled with 20,000 spectators. The wing from one bomber sheared off the tail section of another. The tail-less plane exploded into a horse barn killing three crew members, three people on the ground, and twenty thoroughbred horses; the other bomber managed to continue flying for one or five miles (sources differ) before crashing in a field, killing one of the crew. The third bomber in the formation landed safely.

1945

  • May 27 - Army Air Forces Fair (Wright Field
    Wright Field
    Wilbur Wright Field, or Wright Field as it is commonly known, was an air field of the United States Air Force. It is the location of the United States Air Force Museum.-History:...

    , Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...

    ) - The third prototype Curtiss XP-55 Ascender
    XP-55 Ascender
    The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender , was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss. Along with the XP-54 and XP-56, it resulted from United States Army Air Corps proposal R-40C issued on 27 November 1939 calling for unconventional aircraft designs...

    , 42-78847, crashed during an exhibition, killing the pilot William C. Glasgow and two to four civilians (sources differ) on the ground. The pilot attempted a slow roll after a low pass in formation with a P-38 and a P-51 on each wing, but lost altitude and crashed, sending flaming debris into occupied civilian vehicles on a highway near the airfield.


1940

  • October 20 - Marianna airshow (Marianna, Arkansas
    Marianna, Arkansas
    Marianna is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Arkansas, United States, along the L'Anguille River. The community was established by Col. Walter H. Otey in 1848 and was known as Walnut Ridge until 1852 when it became known as Marianna...

    ) - A parachutist and five people on board a sightseeing plane were killed when the plane became entangled in the parachute. The plane had been circling the parachutist during his decent prior to the accident.

1938

  • July 24 - (Campo de Marte, Santa Ana, Usaquén
    Usaquén
    Usaquén is a residential and commercial area in northern Bogotá, capital of Colombia. Although it is designated on maps with the number 1, it was a separate municipality of Cundinamarca until 1954, when it was annexed into the city. Today it is a middle to upper class neighborhood with a variety of...

    , Colombia
    Colombia
    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean...

    ) - A pilot performing an aerobatic display crashed an F11C Goshawk into a crowd attending a military review. Sources differ on the number killed and injured; up to 75 died and 100 or more were injured. According to Time magazine, the pilot, Flight Lt. Cesar Abadia of the Colombian Air Force
    Colombian Air Force
    The Colombian Air Force or FAC is the Air Force of The Republic of Colombia.-Creation:Military aviation began in Colombia in 1919 with the creation of a military aviation school for the Colombian Army. Previously by Law 15 of 1916 of September 7 two commissions were sent overseas to study new...

    , disregarded standing orders not to fly below 500 feet and attempted to dive through a narrow gap between two grandstands. The pilot misjudged his approach and a wingtip hit the Diplomatic stand; the plane then smashed against the Presidential stand and exploded, raining flaming debris down on spectators located between the two grandstands.

1930

  • April 27 - (Fayetteville, Tennessee
    Fayetteville, Tennessee
    Fayetteville is a city in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.-History:...

    ) - At least nine air show spectators were killed and about twenty injured when pilot Milton P. Covert's plane lost altitude and crashed while approaching the landing area. The victims were standing on a railroad embankment as the plane approached at a low altitude. At the time there were claims that the pilot was deliberately trying to scare off the spectators from the embankment. The pilot and his two passengers on the plane escaped unhurt, but Covert was later arraigned on charges.

1922

  • September 23 - Mitchell Field
    Mitchel Air Force Base
    Mitchel Air Force Base also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, USA...

     (Mineola, New York
    Mineola, New York
    Mineola is a village in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 19,233 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a Native American word meaning a "place in which to catch fish."...

    ) - During a nighttime war game
    Military simulation
    Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities...

     display with an estimated 25,000 spectators, a Martin bomber (a Martin MB-1
    Martin MB-1
    The Martin MB-1 was a 1910s American large biplane bomber designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company for the United States Army Air Service. It was the first purpose-built bomber produced by the United States....

     or Martin NBS-1
    Martin NBS-1
    The Martin NBS-1 was a military aircraft of the United States Army Air Service and its successor, the Air Corps. An improved version of the Martin MB-1, a scout-bomber built during the final months of World War I, the NBS-1 was ordered under the designation MB-2 and is often referred to as such...

    ) nose dived and crashed from an estimated altitude of 500 feet. The plane crashed off the base on a residential street and the six military personel on board were killed in the crash.

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