Back in September the News Desk reported on a fatal accident in a Thorp T-18 home-built and
suggested the cause may have been from the outcome of an unsuccessful forced landing
Preliminary (and therefore unsubstantiated) reports filtering across the News Desk indicate the 20 year-old home-built aircraft suffered
an inflight structural failure while cruising at 8500' in turbulent conditions
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The reason for the accident is under investigation by the family of the
pilot as CASA do not carry out a detailed report on home-built aircraft as they would if it were a certified production
aircraft
The News Desk report back in September is HERE
Home-built aircraft do not undergo the stringent testing required for production aircraft - although
VH registered it may lull some non-builder pilots into a false sense of 'protected-by-regulation' safety mentality
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November 16
Noticed at Archerfield was this Swiss registered turbocharged Mooney M20K taxiing for departure to the south
The News Desk understands the owner - a Professor of Medical Procedures - is on a working holiday flying around the world and
lecturing at various universities - including our own local QLD University - during 3 month stop-overs
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November 17
Two days ago Kiwi boss - Helen Clark - was on board a Qantas jet along with 347 other passengers that had just departed Auckland for
Los Angeles when a fuel leak developed forcing the heavy jet to return to Auckland and land
The NZ prime minister has been caught up in a mid-flight scare before in a light aircraft - the News Desk report on that incident
back in April 2005 is HERE
Media:- news.com.au
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