Accidents and incidents involving the North American P-51 Mustang
This is a partial list of accidents and incidents involving the North American P-51 Mustang and its variants.
Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances.
The P-51 Mustang was first flown in 1940, and it went on to become one of the most iconic USAAF fighter aircraft of World War II.
The type was rendered obsolete as a fighter with the beginning of the Jet Age, but it continued to serve in the Korean War in the ground attack role.
Many P-51s were sold as surplus, becoming a popular mount for air racers.
NA-73X
NX19998
, the first Mustang, as well as the first to crash on 20 November 1940.
Dominic Gentile on the wing of "
Shangri La
". He would later crash this aircraft on 13 April 1944.
A-36A ex-
42-83665
, one of the Mustangs that crashed during the 1947 Thompson Trophy, as
Margie H
in 2006
Beguine
in flight in 1949
Dago Red
(ex-
44-74996
), the aircraft involved in the 16 August 1970 accident, seen here during the 2004 Reno Air Races.
CA-18 Mustang Mk 22 ex-
A68-192
, the aircraft involved in both the 19 October 1973 crash and the 10 July 2011 mid-air collision, seen here in May 1988 as
Missy Wong from Hong Kong
for the film
Empire of the Sun
.
Cavalier Mustang
I-BILL
(ex-
44-74694
), the aircraft involved in the 3 July 1977 crash.
Red Baron
(ex-
44-84961
). Photo taken the day before the 16 September 1979 crash.
Precious Metal
, the aircraft involved in the 24 January 1990 accident, pictured in 1977.
Photo of the 27 July 2007 collision, moments before
Precious Metal II
(background) impacted the ground inverted.
