Folks,
It is well worth a few minutes reading both the BASI report and Rod's article, and reflecting as to whether anything has changed to this day, except that BASA has become ATSB, and CASA and Airservices have emerged from the CAA.
Personally, I think Rod was made the public scapegoat for the many and varied deficiencies ---- but were any deficiencies his ---- I don't think so.
20:20 hindsight is a wonderful thing, we are all wise after the event.
It certainly wasn't in any way his fault that the aircraft was flying at all, it shouldn't have been flying. Discounting the drag of the unfeathered prop., stopped at 65-66 degrees, is just nonsense ---- if that hadn't happened, the performance would, in all probability, have got them all back on the ground in one piece.
I was very sad to see EDC come to such an unfortunate end, I did my final check for my DC-3 endorsement in this aeroplane. The right engine and prop, as recovered, sit at the Australian Aviation Museum, Bankstown, to this day.
Tootle pip!!