During the Wings over Dallas Airshow, held between 11 and 13 November at the Dallas Redbird Executive Airport (RDB), Texas, United States, two World War 2 historical aircraft collided mid-air: one Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber (registered N7227C) and a Bell P-63F Kingcobra (N6763) fighter are involved in the accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the following statement:
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Texas around 1:20 p.m. local time Saturday. At this time, it is unknown how many people were on both aircraft. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates.
The event, which was scheduled to run through Sunday, has been cancelled.
The B-17 was part of the collection of the Commemorative Air Force and was based in Conroe, Texas near Houston. It was one of the only nine airworthy surviving examples of the model. The P-63 was even rarer: only four of them were still airworthy.
The following footage appeared on Twitter:
? NOW – B-17 bomber and a smaller plane collide at Dallas airshow #aviationlovers #aviation
pic.twitter.com/XqUWrvMh7R— ??Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer (@EvanKirstel) November 12, 2022
A private historical Boeing B-17 and an alleged P-51 Mustang crashed after a mid-air collision during an air display at Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD), Texas. More to come.. pic.twitter.com/DMQbxkUBdL
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) November 12, 2022
Twitter account JacDec reports as well:
Two private WW2 historical warbirds, B-17 (N7227C) and a P-51/P-63 (N5428V) style fighter collided in mid-air while performing a fly-by on runway 31 at Dallas-Executive Airport, TX. Both lost control and crashed. All occupants in both aircraft are presumed dead. pic.twitter.com/BfmQwefTTm
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) November 12, 2022
? 2 avions, dont un B-17 Flying Fortress, entrent en collision à un meeting aérien à Dallas.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) November 12, 2022
Heartbroken. The lives of several aviators and two pieces of aviation history have been lost in the skies over Dallas today. The P-63 King Cobra collided with the B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings Over Dallas airshow, destroying both planes. Neither aircrew survived. pic.twitter.com/l6Dyhes3hw
— Nathan Moeller ?? (@TheAstroN8) November 12, 2022
Update 14 November:
Five crewmembers in the B-17 (N7227C) plus the single pilot of the P-63 Kingcobra (N6763) are feared dead. It's the 2nd time a B-17 crashed during an air display after OCT 2019 when 7 died at Hartford-Bradley Intl Airport. https://t.co/9ZG8ZYXoPx
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) November 13, 2022
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