onetrack Posted November 23 Posted November 23 (edited) The news media are reporting a light aircraft crash on landing at Raglan, Qld this morning. The aircraft crashed when trying to land on a private airstrip. The aircraft caught fire during the crash and the pilot, a gent in his 60's suffered serious burns to the face, chest and limbs, from the fire. It appears he managed to free himself from the wreckage, and walked around 2km to a nearby homestead, where the alarm was raised. Paramedics have been treating the victim for "significant" life-threatening burns. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/man-suffers-life-threatening-burns-light-plane-crash-raglan/106042294 Edited November 23 by onetrack 2 2
onetrack Posted November 23 Author Posted November 23 It's reported the pilot has suffered burns to 80% of his body. That is a dreadful figure, and doesn't augur well for his survival. The docs used to say that if you add your age to the percentage level of burns, and it comes to more than 100, you have little chance of survival. Fortunately burns recovery methods have advanced in a big way in recent years (especially since the Bali Bombing), and the burns victims have a better chance of survival today. Despite all that, the first few days are critical, the body becomes overwhelmed with the repair job it's facing. I've burnt myself badly twice, it sure wasn't fun. Once when I dropped an open 1 gallon can of petrol onto a battery when I was crouching over it (youthful stupidity) - and once when I tipped a full cup of boiling water into my lap at breakfast time, as I was sitting in my jocks. It was made worse by the fact I'd microwaved the cup of water to boiling point, which really makes everything doubly hot. The pain was unbelievable, off the scale, and it took weeks for the burns to heal. I hate to even imagine what it would be like, being caught in burning wreckage. I trust this bloke pulls through O.K., and I wish him all the best for recovery, but he's got a long and painful road in front of him, if he pulls through the first few days. 1 3 4
Kyle Communications Posted November 24 Posted November 24 I have known Trevor for about 50 years. First in RC modelling when a teenager. he has a hangar at YCAB and built the RV8. I have been flying it it but when he had a more sedate engine in it. Trev changed the engine out a couple of years ago with a much more powerful turbocharged suburu than what he had in it. It also had a constant speed 4 blabe prop. The plane was a weapon. He travelled regularly to Raglan to see Ron the owner as they were good friends. Trevor is a very strong person. We are all very upset by this and we hope like hell he can pull through. We are well aware of the odds of survival with the percentage amount of burns he has. As a signal of his strength to be that badly burned and also the chest and other physical injuries from the crash then to walk 2km back to the homestead shows just how determined and strong he can be. Trevor is a very experienced pilot and has flown a lot of different aircraft including WW1 Fokker Triplane and Sopwith Camels and many others. He has done a heap of first test flights on all sorts of aircraft. He can be a bit gungho at times but his experience in flying all sorts of aircraft and his skill can not be denied. The club at YCAB and all of his friends are praying that he does pull through of course. I looked at his track it seems he took off from Redcliffe on the 22nd and the accident took place on the 23rd at about 10am. We dont know for sure but pretty sure EFOTO most likely . The suuru would have been at full power and I would say it let go. There isnt a lot of options out of that strip but it is a very long strip. I think he has gone into the trees at the end and has walked all the way back to the homestead. I dont know anymore details yet. 11K views · 104 reactions | A pilot is fighting for life in the RBWH,... WWW.FACEBOOK.COM A pilot is fighting for life in the RBWH, after his plane crashed and exploded into flames in Central Queensland. 4 1 8 3
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