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It is very sad to hear of the fatal accident on the apron at Parafield. The Adelaide Advertiser Monday online edition has worked its headline over and even has a reporter's voice commentary that is designed to maximise attention grabbing plus a summary of recent aviation fatalities in South Australia.

Pilot dies as two planes crash at Parafield Airport

Elizabeth Henson and Meagan Dillon, The Advertiser
September 12, 2016 12:43pm

Sure looks like a " single engine " Saratoga to me ! Where'd the twin thing come from ?

Very sad to see a life lost. If hand starting was the problem, it recalls where hand starting an Auster at BK in 1955 resulted in the aircraft getting airborne without the pilot and overflying Sydney before being shot down by two Navy Sea Fury aircraft.

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ehAQVhOL3k

I can't imagine the aircraft would've been going particularly fast when it hit him. Suggests he may have been hit by the prop. Anyone confirm whether this was the case?

Absolutely awful incident in any case but to be hit by the prop would not have been a good sight for witnesses or the emergency crews who were subsequently on the scene.

I'm wondering about the mention of a dog on one of the aircraft, and if it was on the Cessna that fired up and took off - and whether any movement or actions of the dog - if left unrestrained - had any part to play in the accident?

I'm thinking the possibility of an unrestrained dog releasing the park brake by jumping around.
However, I don't know the precise style and operation of the park brake on that particular aircraft, as I understand there are different park brake styles amongst the various Cessna models.