Meekatharra Crash

[The Strez]

Maybe he ran into some of that volcanic ash that was affecting the southern half of WA today???

[Arm out the window]

That's what all the dust is in the photo, volcanic ash.
A big bit must have hit two of the prop blades and the resulting imbalance stopped the engine.

[Dangly Bits]

Of course it crashed. It's missing it's wings! The Beech Piper Conquest doesn't fly very well without the front engine cowling either!

[aileron_69]

The Beech Piper Conquest doesn't fly very well without the front engine cowling either!

Thats the one with the inline radial engines right?

[xma007]

Top cowl no where to be seen?
Appears to be no damage to nose cowl either. Just maybe cowl is in a paddock somewhere. Engine would have got very hot and just maybe seized hence one blade not bent.