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2011 Reno Air Races crash
P-51 Mustang crash in Nevada
On September 16, 2011, The Galloping Ghost, a highly modified North American P-51D Mustang racing aircraft, crashed into spectators while competing at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and ten people on the ground.
Sixty-nine more people on the ground were injured.[1][2] It was the third-deadliest airshow disaster in U.S. history, following accidents in 1972 and 1951.[3]
Accident
[edit]During the 2011 Reno Air Races, James Leeward and The Galloping Ghost were in third place and had just rounded pylon number 8 when the aircraft abruptly pitched up, rolled inverted, then nosedived.[4] The aircraft slammed into the apron at over 400 miles per hour (640 km/h; 350 kn) in front of the grandstands in an area containing box seating, disintegrating on impact.
There was no fire; the violence of the crash dispersed all of the fuel on board The Galloping Ghost before it had the chance to ignite.
Seven people, including the pilot, died at
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