X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nskntmtas01p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.168.137] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTP id 6481200 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:32:45 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=61.9.168.137; envelope-from=frederickmoreno@bigpond.com Received: from nskntcmgw08p ([61.9.169.168]) by nskntmtas01p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20130919023209.LRBZ21423.nskntmtas01p.mx.bigpond.com@nskntcmgw08p> for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:32:09 +0000 Received: from Razzle ([121.215.54.243]) by nskntcmgw08p with BigPond Outbound id SqY81m0085Er0SZ01qY8sm; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:32:09 +0000 X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using ID frederick.moreno@bigpond.com X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=MrvQGhme c=1 sm=1 a=yHXf8TDoourVH60wF34npQ==:17 a=_O224O-vTM8A:10 a=JDadKst33uMA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=1IlZJK9HAAAA:8 a=m5wdutxnsW4A:10 a=6vebMu-cLrj_4GytosYA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=zvONWTYTKWwR3meU:21 a=UOAwaKrF0WVzGwnc:21 a=2hstbS1K3Tv-sn0Hdf8A:9 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=oD9jXHmivOj-3QcT:21 a=-K7dVS9qNoaz8Ua8:21 a=-MwMtVZS3GY5VqVM:21 a=yHXf8TDoourVH60wF34npQ==:117 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <523A6248.00005B.05564@RAZZLE> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:32:40 +0800 Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; charset="iso-8859-1"; boundary="------------Boundary-00=_GQPC84H5BHK000000000" X-Mailer: IncrediMail (6395274) From: "Frederick Moreno" X-FID: FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 X-Priority: 3 To: "Lancair Mail (lml@lancaironline.net)" Subject: Legacy down in Geraldton, Western Australia --------------Boundary-00=_GQPC84H5BHK000000000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A friend sent me the news report and just called after phoning contacts h= e knows at the Geraldton Airport which is about 200 miles north of Perth on the Coast. An imported US-built Legacy crashed shortly after take off, rolled on impact and burned. It was a training mission, first report is crew badly injured. Airport personnel were very quickly at the crash sit= e. =0D =0D My friend learned in subsequent phone calls that while Legacy aircraft ha= ve the canopy hinged at the front, this one had the canopy hinged at the BAC= K (mistake number one). At about 200 feet it popped open, but did not brea= k off and so created huge drag and probably blanked the vertical stabilizer and rudder. Pilot attempted to turn back to the runway (mistake number t= wo) Sink rate soared during the turn and the plane went down. =0D =0D Two huge mistakes in a row. It beggars belief. =0D =0D Fred Moreno --------------Boundary-00=_GQPC84H5BHK000000000 Content-Type: Text/HTML; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A friend sent me the news report and just called after phoning conta= cts he knows at the Geraldton Airport which is about 200 miles north of P= erth on the Coast.  An imported US-built Legacy crashed shortly afte= r take off, rolled on impact and burned.  It was a training mis= sion, first report is crew badly injured.  Airport personnel were ve= ry quickly at the crash site.
 
My friend learned in subsequent phone calls that while Legacy aircra= ft have the canopy hinged at the front, this one had the canopy hinged at= the BACK (mistake number one).  At about 200 feet it popped open, b= ut did not break off and so created huge drag and probably blanked the ve= rtical stabilizer and rudder.  Pilot attempted to turn back to the r= unway (mistake number two).  Sink rate soared during the turn and th= e plane went down.
 
Two huge mistakes in a row.  It beggars belief.
 
Fred Moreno
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