Phillip; Looks as though the pilot made a normal takeoff and turn to heading
for Holbrook when he detected a problem. (normal turn radius, no real effort to
return to field directly) When abeam, he deviated toward the runway, with poor
heading control, eventually stalling and impacting with one wing and the nose
low. Impact velocity was sufficient to eject the fuel 8 meters in direction of
impact, no obvious rutting behind fuselage, and no sign of engine rotation on
impact. If the ATSB find the sparkplug boss stripped, that points to a sudden
loss of power and failure of the pilot to maintain control with the wild
shaking of three firing cylinders. If the boss and plug are intact, probable
maintenance error- plug not tightened prior to flight, sparkplug rotated out
causing loss of power after takeoff, and subsequent loss of control. The ATSB
should be pretty certain when they issue the report in April. Peter
I have been asked if I know anymore detail about a fatal KR2 Crash in
Australia in October 2013
I have found the ATSB report but still ongoing.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-174.aspx
Always sad to loose a fellow pilot.
My condolence's to his family and friends.
fly safe
Phil Matheson
