"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/19/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/19/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 1
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A P-51D Mustang,
Pecos Bill
, from the group
Freedom Flyers and piloted by Cowden Ward,
crashed into an apartment building parking lot in Fredericksburg, Texas on Saturday
, killing Ward and his
passenger. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The aircraft was returning to the airport following a flyover at the National Museum of the Pacific War, and the passenger was a WWII
veteran B-17 pilot who was along for the ride. No cause of the crash has been given
, and the NTSB is investigating.
https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Pecos-Bill-Owner-Vet-Killed-In-P-51-Crash-231868-1.html
f86sabre
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 11:40 |
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:(
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ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
11/18/2018 at 11:41 |
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Indeed.
Cé hé sin
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 11:46 |
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Sadly planes this age don't have a good safety record.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 12:05 |
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Such sad news. I thought this might be the P-51 hangared at David Wayne Hooks, but it’s not. I saw him just yesterday.
Spaceball-Two
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 12:06 |
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That’s awful. I’ve been around that plane a number of times. So sad.
Dusty Ventures
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 13:24 |
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Jesus, whatever happened it looks like that thing must have come down fast and hard based on that crater
Urambo Tauro
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 13:44 |
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Damn, the wreck is completely unrecognizable . I take it planes like this wouldn’t have a flight recorder, huh? I fear the investigation won’t have much to go on, except for radio communications and service/inspection records.
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ttyymmnn
> Urambo Tauro
11/18/2018 at 14:06 |
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No, I don’t believe they are required to have a CVR or FDR. There will be witness reports, and NTSB investigators can discover an awful lot from the state of the engine/controls/gauges at the time of the crash. It could be anything from an incapacitated pilot to an engine failure to a broken control cable. I will update if I hear anything.
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ttyymmnn
> Dusty Ventures
11/18/2018 at 14:08 |
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Yup. Looks like it nosed in.
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Urambo Tauro
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 14:18 |
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It blows my mind that they can hope to learn anything from those items. I would imagine that the force of the crash would knock everything out of position and render that info totall y unreliable . But maybe they have ways to account for that.
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Spaceball-Two
> ttyymmnn
11/18/2018 at 16:11 |
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A little more reading and I think it was Pecos Bill and not Valhalla. Still tragic
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ttyymmnn
> Spaceball-Two
11/18/2018 at 16:57 |
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Okay. Info has been scarce. Thanks.
WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
11/19/2018 at 10:08 |
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So sad. May Ward and his passenger rest in peace.
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> Spaceball-Two
11/19/2018 at 10:11 |
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Spaceball-Two
> kanadanmajava1
11/19/2018 at 11:14 |
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Valhalla is local to me and I was watching local news to see if it got any coverage. So sad. We’re losing great people and airframes.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> ttyymmnn
11/19/2018 at 12:10 |
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Two years ago Big Beautiful Doll crashed; I knew Nick Tramontano and had flown with him in his Twin Beech. I didn’t know Jeff Pino -
I’d only been at Sikorsky for a year at that point and Jeff was no longer president. It’s gut-wrenching to read about another warbird and crew lost to an accident.
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ttyymmnn
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
11/19/2018 at 12:34 |
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It wasn’t that long ago that we lost Galveston Gal, too.
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kanadanmajava1
> Spaceball-Two
11/19/2018 at 13:36 |
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Yeah, very sad. Q uite a lot of old planes have come down during the last couple of years.
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Spaceball-Two
> ttyymmnn
11/21/2018 at 14:16 |
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It appears prior to his passing, Mr. Allen has acquired a JU-87
