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runway16
3rd Apr 2021, 22:11
Radio news reports a fatal accident at Kooweerup today, April 4. The report has a helmet striking the prop and the aircraft then crashing. One dead.
A pusher aircraft perhaps?
Allan L
3rd Apr 2021, 22:35
Weight-shift trike apparently.
https://www.police.vic.gov.au/man-killed-koo-wee-rup-aircraft-crash
Squawk7700
3rd Apr 2021, 22:43
At Aardel Port (Koo Wee Rup) airfield they often have get-togethers on long weekends with those little trikes that literally fold up into a suitcase. They look like fun and are great on a nice still morning.
segfault
4th Apr 2021, 00:15
This article has a video showing the aircraft on the ground.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/plane-crash-victoria-koo-wee-rup-pilot-dies/df0eec91-6a00-4f0b-b283-aebff061e9a5
No evidence is presented for the helmet theory.
Nuuumannn
4th Apr 2021, 00:31
This article has a video showing the aircraft on the ground.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/plane-crash-victoria-koo-wee-rup-pilot-dies/df0eec91-6a00-4f0b-b283-aebff061e9a5
No evidence is presented for the helmet theory.
Huh? She literally says "it is believed his helmet has come loose and caused the aircraft to crash"
Allan L
4th Apr 2021, 02:29
Huh? She literally says "it is believed his helmet has come loose and caused the aircraft to crash"
So a newsreader saying "it is believed" suddenly becomes evidence?
jeepjeep
4th Apr 2021, 03:41
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x473/kooweerup_tight1_3af670de62581e4e776c1b62125d2d666c5cbbfe.jp g
Downed ultralight trike
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x445/kooweerup_wide1_1e4ec71dbe55d61d9ad6ccc76c6b867928b03e10.jpg
Wider view at Koo Wee Rup airfield
Ex FSO GRIFFO
4th Apr 2021, 11:31
A later news item (Perth) reported that the helmet was not done up, it flew off in slipstream, hit the pusher prop, which disintegrated and took out adjacent wing, causing........
I guess he won't be doing it again.
Sad if true.
Checkboard
4th Apr 2021, 13:49
So a newsreader saying "it is believed" suddenly becomes evidence?
No.
So a "Rumour Network" has suddenly become a courtroom?
DeRated
4th Apr 2021, 16:02
Hatches, Harness, Helmet......
Squawk7700
4th Apr 2021, 22:07
Perhaps it didn’t help that he wasn’t the owner
of the aircraft and may have not been fully familiar with the equipment being used.
machtuk
4th Apr 2021, 23:49
Very tragic-( the risks of flying are always there especially in these types of contraptions. RIP.