Originally Posted by
Capn Bloggs
The article was primarily based on what the ATSB says on it's website, apart from the tailwind effect.
I agree that's what the article refers to but the title, "What caused the Swan River seaplane crash on Australia Day" makes it sound like it's case closed already.
What irks me even more is his statement, "reducing his over-the-wing-speed by 20km/hr."
There's extensive discussion about this in another thread.
Given the heading of the aircraft when it stalled, it was actually starting to turn into the wind. Therefore its IAS (Geoffrey, not "over the wing speed"
) would have been subjected to a very slight increase, if anything.