Will be interesting to see what the outcome of the investigation is!
Accounts I've seen from those at the venue, indicate that the cherry picker was one of two used the day before during event practice where a line was strung between the two of them as part of some sort of 'barnstormer' type display.
It's possible that the grass strip was thus non-operational for the display days, there's been no confirmation or not about that yet?
However, I've also seen a report from someone there that heard the pilot tell ATC on the radio that he thought one of his oleo legs wasn't locked down and was electing to land on the grass strip. If that was the case and the grass was non-op, then you'd have expected ATC to warn him of that prior to landing? You'd also expect the pre-show briefing to state that fact and the reason why - i.e bloody great cherry picker on the grass strip!
At the pilot was unharmed, as that could have been a much more serious outcome
