Gyro fatal accident - South Africa

[Steve_UK]

Hi


Local press are reporting a fatal gyro accident yesterday - limited details here


http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-afr...burnt-in-chopper-crash-1.1676681#.U04vKaLMeJs


Believed to be a young pilot in his twenties - condolences to his family and friends.

 

[CLS447]

RAF SA Maybe ?????

 

[Steve_UK]

Chris is that a wild guess or based on some evidence ?

South Africa has a large gyro community flying many different types of gyros.

 

[Learjet]

Magni M16 which was being piloted by a young fixed wing commercial pilot who had recently been employed by a company which uses gyros to do agricultural crop dusting, and he was busy with his gyrocopter pilots license training. He failed to return from a solo training flight and the gyro wreckage was discovered on nearby farmland amidst a fire which appears to have started as a result of the accident. Civil aviation authorities are at the scene and investigating the cause of the tragic accident.

 

[CLS447]

Chris is that a wild guess or based on some evidence ?

South Africa has a large gyro community flying many different types of gyros.

Neither....It was a question.

 

[All_In]

Sorry to hear this my heart goes out to his family!