Originally Posted by
Tagron
From another forum, the purpose of the flight was to collect two pilots from Chalgrove, deliver them to Gamston whence they would ferry the Martin Baker KingAir back to its base at Chalgrove, the PA30 to return direct to Turweston.
Sounds much a like a typical case of trying to avoid the inconvenience and time consuming job of shunting cars all over the place.
I would find it very hard, at this stage at least, to think the accident was due to any shortcomings on the part of the pilot. Yes, whether may have been a contributing factor, but given that the PA30 is almost of vintage years, I rather think that some sort of mechanical failure is more likely to have been the cause. Some press reports have it that a witness heard the aircraft low in the overhead with some sort of rough running engine noise.