Incident
Jaba, Considering this is a rumour network...
People I have personally spoken to, suggest he was having some trouble during the week leading up to that weekend, including rough running as he passed on take off.
A pilot I know was holding, awaiting some time for him to clear the runway and didn't think he would make it past the end of the runway.
The atsb may or may not like to ask around, ultimately this is tragic and
luckily no one else was injured.
If this is correct, hopefully it is not a case of maintenance costs being a factor.
RIP.