AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2005
Qld: Man dies in home-built aircraft
A 68-year-old Brisbane pilot has died .. after the wing of his home-made aircraft scraped
the ground and flipped it over north of the city today.
JOHN EVEREST was attempting to land his Alpin motorised glider at Caboolture Airfield
.. when the tragedy happened about 10.20 am (AEST).
Mr EVEREST .. from Kangaroo Point in the inner-city .. took off only five minutes before
he crashed into a council pit .. just outside the airfield's boundaries.
The Police Accident Investigation Squad is trying to determine whether the accident
was caused by pilot error or weather conditions.
Mr EVEREST had been a pilot for 10 years.
AAP RTV jvb/sc/tm/jv
KEYWORD: ULTRALIGHT (BRISBANE)
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