Replica WWII plane fatal accident

[Dennis Bergstrom]

My morning's newspaper has an article entitled "Pilot killed as replica WWII plane crashes". It says that Wiilard Mincey was killed in South Carolina on Sunday while flying his P-58(??????) replica. I found this similar article in Google.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/s ... 33,00.html

I looked at the US Civil Register and Willard Mincey is listed as owning a RV-3.

Can anyone provide more details of this WWII replica "P-58" accident?

Dennis

[Willy]

P-58 any assistance appreciated, P-58 unknown to me

[Dennis Bergstrom]

This link shows a picture of the accident scene:
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php? ... w_topic=33

Lots of news articles can be found by doing a Yahoo! News search but none of them clarify what a "P-58" is.

Dennis

[snj-5]

This morning's FAA accident run says a Midget Mustang
N416A crashed in on 4/17 in Mullins, SC.

Perhaps it was painted up in WW-II Mustang colors which
led the press to believe it was a "replica WW-II plane".

Quite a shock, as the press is usually so accurate on the
details of these airplane crashes....

[bdk]

This link shows a picture of the accident scene:
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php? ... w_topic=33

?????? The same photo is shown next to each aircraft accident story. I think the photos are generic, like when you see the Cessna picture on the news when a 747 crashes.

[Wolverine]

P-58 is a really big P-38 w/ turrets, etc. Only one was built. Google P-58 Chain Lightning.

[Willy]

Thks Wolverine, now I remember.

I would be greatly surprised if the crashed WW.2 replica would have look alike.