Originally Posted by
Jerry Springer
Gareth was highly experienced with many thousands of hours on floats too - which if anything makes it even more unusual. Time will tell. RIP
This accident makes no sense to me.
Good weather and wind conditions, highly experienced pilot, video seems to show the aircraft safely airborne with reasonable terrain clearance over the ridge line.
Yet the crash scene seems to indicate some sort of uncontrolled flight into the water.
Why would the pilot choose to fly to Cowan Ck after, apparently, getting airborne in the safe, wide, waterway at Cottage Point for a southbound flight?
Indeed, quite west of where it would seem he should have been.
RIP Gareth Morgan, and your passengers. Something happened to you that none reading this would want to see themselves. There, but for the grace of God.....
PS: Be nice if someone could fix the spelling of ‘HawkEsbury’ in the title of this post,