What the records say
- When
- 16 Sep 2011
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 39.66° N, 119.88° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 11
2011 Reno Air Races crash
2011 aviation accident 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 its pilot Jimmy Leeward and ten people on the ground. Sixty-nine more people on the ground were injured. It was the third-deadliest airshow disaster in U.S. history, following accidents in 1972 and 1951.
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