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The T-28B Trojan BuNo 138179 registered OE-ESA (Photo C.J. van de Burgt (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

We have just learned of the tragic crash of North American T-28B Trojan BuNo 138179 registered OE-ESA of the Austrian Flying Bull collection. The aircraft crashed in Jickovice  in the Czech Republic as it was returning from the Leźno airshow in Poland.

T-28B Bu138179 OE-ESA in 2018 ( Photo Pavel Vanka (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) )

Pilot Rainer Steinberger was killed in the accident and his passenger was injured and hospitalized in Prague. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends of Rainer Steinberger, and our best wishes to the survivor of this tragic accident.

Sources:

• ORF.at | Flugzeug der Flying Bulls abgestürzt, Pilot tot
• Denik.cz

21 June 2021 update : The name of the pilot and the status of the passenger have been made public.

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The Trojan Horsemen (Photo mashleymorgan (CC BY-SA 2.0))

(Updated Sep 18, 2011 @ 21:49) One of the T-28 Trojan of the Trojan Horsemen, or T-28 Warbird Aerobatic Formation Demonstration Team, went out of control and crashed on the runway at the Thunder over the Blueridge airshow in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The pilot was killed in the crash. No spectators were harmed.

It has now been confirmed that the pilot was John “Jack” Mangan, an ex-USAF pilot and businessman who had been flying with the Horsemen for five years. A preliminary NTSB report should be available within a few days.

Sources:

• The Journal
• CBS News