Sad news – P51D crash, pilot killed, Arizona

A sad loss, my thoughts are with the dead pilots family & friends.

Pilot named as Nazzi Hirani, part time air show pilot.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/se_valley/businessman-identified-3-12-2010

Very sad news.

Condolences to the pilots family.

Brian.

More photos of the crash.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFYqGqzT9mVNM-hpllGSpRugyKpgD9ECOS281

Sad news, RIP

such a shame

Very sad indeed!

Su-Su in happier times:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/5/9/1507950.jpg

Phil.

Oh no! ‘ken aweful news 🙁

Very sad news indeed. 🙁

”A witness, Karie Russell, was at nearby Desert Breeze Park with her two daughters, ages 3 and 5, when she saw the plane. She said it was olive, yellow and orange and was coming in on an angle from the east.

As it came in to land, it was going way too fast, she said. It turned sharply at a 90-degree angle, then dropped sharply. She said she expected it to come up again, but it didn’t.”

‘No speculation’ blah, blah ‘wait for the report’ etc etc, but the above witness sounds as though she is describing a torque roll from a mishandled overshoot.

This is Su-Su, N850AH.

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-4484850.html

Sad news to start the day with. 🙁 indeed.

Could this be N151MW “Lady Alice”?

It was SU-SU

Could this be N151MW “Lady Alice”?

That’s a T-51, and i remember hearing “Hirani Oil Arizona” mentioned before in relation?

Whoever or whatever the circumstances, it’s a bloody shame to lose another priceless aircraft and a brave bloke.
Thoughts with his family and so forth

blue skies 🙁