Those who treat IFR or their own "special VFR" lightly should take a hike up Mt Emerald also....a very sobering place to visit, and demonstrates only too clearly the hardness of rock.
The crash site lies on the Bibhoora 170 radial..was the driver doing a home made let down TO (MBA) without first going to BIB and approaching the field FROM BIB to save a few minutes of charter time?
And without a topo picture in his head, the countryside rose up to smite them all wrongly.
Took a stereo pair of vertical photographs, the day after.
The popped out drag chute showed the direction of travel of the wreckage fan. One engine is down in a gully about 1/2 mile away.
Gives credence to the recent AvAd article re command responsibilities.!!
Meanwhile back on the thread.
Coroner Barnes should extricate the digit and get on with it. Tempus fugit etc