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Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents at air shows" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lists of air show accidents and incidents give lists of accidents and incidents at air shows. They include: List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century; List of air show accidents and incidents in the 21st century
July 23 – Spanish Guardia Civil (Vigo, Galicia, Spain) Helicopter crashed on the beach during air show. [199] [200] July 22 – Professional skydiver Mariann Kramer (37) of Dallas, died when her parachutes failed to open at the Denver Air Festival. [201] The accident occurred away from the event's main viewing area.
April 27 – An AT-6 crashed during an air show at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station when it apparently lost power, snagged a power line, smacked into the street and then slid into the chapel, killing the pilot Merrel Richard Gossman, 55, and passenger Robert G. Arrowsmith, 25. No one on the ground was hurt.
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The collision occurred at 1:22 p.m. [6] local time at the Dallas Executive Airport during a Wings Over Dallas air show organized by the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization whose goal is to preserve historic aircraft. [7] The air show, hosted over a commemorative Veteran's Day weekend, had drawn more than 4,000 spectators. [7]
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
The aircraft crashed seconds later with no loss of life. Air shows may present some risk to spectators and aviators. Accidents have occurred, sometimes with a large loss of life, such as the 1988 Ramstein air show disaster (70 deaths) in Germany and the 2002 Sknyliv air show disaster (77 deaths) in Ukraine.