kgwilson Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Sadly i have to report a fatal crash today at around 11:30am at Palmers Island near Yamba, Northern NSW. The pilot was a friend of mine and had his aircraft hangared at South Grafton. He was well known, well liked, very experienced. My sincere condolences to all of the family. There were a number of witnesses and we will know more in the days to come. 1 1 12
BrendAn Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 Well known member of bush fliers down under Facebook group . 1
BrendAn Posted December 30, 2024 Posted December 30, 2024 I would have thought the son would have enough knowledge to take over if his dad had a problem. I guess they will find out more when he is out of surgery.
kgwilson Posted December 31, 2024 Author Posted December 31, 2024 If there was a control system failure taking over from the rear seat would probably not have any effect. At 500 feet it is all over in a few seconds. Reaction time to an unexpected event is about 3-4 seconds so if this was the case it would be too late. 1 1
onetrack Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Wouldn't there be an autopsy to determine if a medical event preceded the crash? Who makes a decision as to whether an autopsy is carried out? Isn't it the Coroner? - and how does he go about deciding if an autopsy is warranted or not?
kgwilson Posted December 31, 2024 Author Posted December 31, 2024 I imagine that there will be a post mortem, however without any crash investigation results are not likely to be made public. 1
Admin Posted January 2 Posted January 2 I have been asked to delete this thread BUT the thread contains important discussion that could help ALL pilots so IT WILL NOT BE DELETED. Some posts have been removed and others edited so there is no finger pointing, no stating of anything as being factual to the cause of the accident. Factual information as to the cause of the accident will be released in due course after a formal investigation takes place I and I am sure every single other pilot on this site is in grief for the pilot's family and friends but if we can not discuss things openly with consideration to the family and friends then accidents will keep happening and more pilots will die. There are site rules in reference to discussing accidents HERE and as long as we follow them then this site is a learning resource FOR EVERY PILOT!!! 8 3 2
Thruster88 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 The accident aircraft is described as a Bearhawk Patrol with a Lycoming o-320 engine. From the kit manufacturer empty weight 521kg, MTOW 907, how is this in RAAus? 1 1
onetrack Posted January 9 Posted January 9 It's claimed the crashed Bearhawk weighed 421kgs empty. He must have found a lot of light composites to use in the construction! He certainly wouldn't have had much fuel capacity with pilot and passenger aboard, under RA-Aus regulations. Log into Facebook WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. 1
Blueadventures Posted January 9 Posted January 9 55 minutes ago, Thruster88 said: The accident aircraft is described as a Bearhawk Patrol with a Lycoming o-320 engine. From the kit manufacturer empty weight 521kg, MTOW 907, how is this in RAAus? Where the about 100kgs were trimmed (if trimming of weight occurred) may possibly be a contributing factor; will be interested in the Coroners findings. Hope its all good and weight correct and just an early lighter version to the current model advertised. 1
Blueadventures Posted January 9 Posted January 9 7 minutes ago, Admin said: I don't believe it was RAA reg or am I wrong It's in RAAus incident summaries; so was RAA, Maybe a lighter model than the current model available.
onetrack Posted January 9 Posted January 9 I believe this is the aircraft in question, and it wears RA-Aus rego, 19-8645. 1
kgwilson Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 It definitely was RAA registered & that looks like it. 2
BrendAn Posted January 9 Posted January 9 3 hours ago, onetrack said: It's claimed the crashed Bearhawk weighed 421kgs empty. He must have found a lot of light composites to use in the construction! He certainly wouldn't have had much fuel capacity with pilot and passenger aboard, under RA-Aus regulations. Log into Facebook WWW.FACEBOOK.COM Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. is it group g
pylon500 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 There is a Bearhawk LSA, but it is tandem seat, but the photo above does look more like the four seater, however it is possible that the builder incorporated all the 'lightening' features from the LSA into a two side by side version?🤔 3
pylon500 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 I wouldn't claim actual knowledge, just an assumption from the websites (and we all know about assuming...)🙄 1
JMLIS Posted January 10 Posted January 10 The aircraft was a two seat tandum configured machine which the pilot purchased fairly recently, maybe 12 months. Built in Australia to the best of my knowledge.
Love to fly Posted January 10 Posted January 10 23 minutes ago, BrendAn said: it would easily fit into group g with 300kg payload. Except don’t think they are registering Group G aircraft yet, May 2025 is suggested start date. 1 1
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