Date:	Thursday 3 September 1998
Time:	19:56 LT
Type:	North American P-51D Mustang
Owner/operator:	Fritz Muller, Oldy Air Service AF, Altrenheim, Switz
Registration:	HB-RCW
MSN:	44-73027
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Erstfeld, Gothard Pass -   Switzerland
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Buochs - LSZC
Destination airport:	Ambri - LSPM
Investigating agency:	BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed on September 3rd, 1998 in the Swiss Mountains on a ferry flight over the Alps to attend an Air Show in southern Switzerland. The pilot (a very experienced professional pilot [chief pilot of Swiss Air Ambulance] and famous aerobatics pilot), and his son [also a certified pilot] were killed instantly and the a/c was totally destroyed.

Cause has been determined as follows: due to bad weather, coupled with fading daylight (thus causing time-pressure), the conditions caused disorientation plus deviation from flight path, and while trying to do a 180° turn in a pocket valley, they went into a high speed stall and hit ground.

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1695.pdf
http://mustangsmustangs.org/p-51/p51survivors/p51listW.php
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http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p51registry/p51-4473027.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
27-Nov-2010 05:03	Alpine Flight	Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
23-Sep-2011 17:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]