List of Air Show Accidents and Incidents - 1993

1993

• October 3 - Lanseria Air Show, Lanseria International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa - Silver Falcon 5 an Atlas Impala Mk1 no 489, piloted by Charles Rudenick Crashed at Lanseria Airport after structural failure. The pilot initiated the ejection sequence half a second before impact.He came out horizontally with the fuselage vertical and a high downward velocity.He was killed when "sucked" into the crash fireball.
• August 22 – Prairie Air '93 Air Show – (Bloomington, Illinois) – A Pitts Special flown by Charlie Wells crashed while performing a Lomcevak. Wells was killed instantly when the plane hit the ground. No one on the ground was injured, and the airshow continued despite the accident, however no more aerobatic planes performed for the remainder of the day.
• August 8 – Stockholm Water Festival (Stockholm, Sweden) – A JAS 39 Gripen, 39102, crashed on the central Stockholm island of Långholmen, near the Västerbron bridge, during a slow speed manoeuver. Lars Rådeström, the same pilot as in the 1989 incident ejected safely. Despite large crowds standing by watching, no one on the ground was seriously injured. This crash was caused by a PIO.
• July 24 – Lebanon, New Hampshire – A biplane collided with a parachutist in the opening act of the Lebanon Airshow. Both the pilot and the parachutist died as a result of the collision. No other injuries were sustained.
• July 24 – Royal International Air Tattoo – (Fairford, Gloucestershire, England) – Two MiG-29s of the Russian Air Force Russian Swifts aerobatic team collided in mid-air and crashed away from the public. No one was hurt on the ground, and both pilots (Alexander Beschastonov and Sergey Tresvyatsk) ejected safely. Investigators later determined that pilot error was the cause; one pilot did a reverse loop and disappeared into the clouds, the other one lost sight of his wingman and aborted the routine. The incident was captured on video.
• June 27 – Concord, New Hampshire – Ron Shelly and his daughter Karen Shelly Duggan, who performed a father daughter wing walking act, were killed when their plane crashed after failing to come out of a roll.
• May 2 – (Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California) – A vintage F-86 Sabre crashed and exploded in the middle of a runway after pilot James A. Gregory failed to come out of a vertical loop about a quarter of a mile from spectators. The impact killed the pilot and sent flaming debris along the ground. No one on the ground was injured. The incident was captured on video.