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Old 9th Jan 2007, 22:17
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Squawk7700
 
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das Uber Soldat, I'll clarify me previous post...

"Aircraft was descending into a field on the lee side of a large hill with an approximate 30 knot tailwind.

The aircraft clipped trees as it approached the selected landing field. Some wreckage was found near trees quite a distance away, possibly the engine.

The chute either was deployed very late in the piece or upon impact and because of the 30 knot winds, the aircraft was dragged quite a distance further into the open field, thus making it look like a forced landing gone wrong on the face of it."


Probably in the wrong place at the wrong time so to speak. I would expect that the results will say what many other results say on the RA-Aus website - that the aircraft should have been flying at an altitude that allowed the pilot to find a suitable place to land in the event of an engine failure.
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