Aircraft down East of Perth 24/06/2024

[tillmanr]

ABC justin showing crashed aircraft at Malabaine near Northam WA. Bad news. 

[Kununurra]

A 76-year-old man has died in a rural light plane crash near Northam, north-east of Perth.

Emergency services responded to reports of a plane crash in the small rural locality of Malabaine, more than 90 kilometres from Perth, about 10:50am.

WA Police said the pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was found by emergency services and declared dead at the scene.

“The above is what was reported on abc”

[Blueadventures]

Looks like a replica Spitfire

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Blueadventures

[rgmwa]

I believe it's an aircraft owned by someone I know. Hope I'm wrong, but even so it's bad news.

[BurnieM]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/572893

 

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-sfx#4051a06e

 

[onetrack]

He didn't get very far from the Northam airstrip, Malabaine is only a few kms NE of Northam. The registered owner of the crashed Spitfire replica, VH-SFX, formerly owned a Vans RV-7A, VH-MXE.

Today was a beautiful day, fine and sunny, almost clear sky, just a light NE wind, temp at the time of the crash, around 17°C. I was in the Wheatbelt all day today, just 60kms N of the crash site.

One can only speculate on the cause of the crash - but the replica Spitfires are known to stall viciously if airspeed decays.

The 6.2L Chev engine has to be a big suspect here, they're responsible for a number of replica aircraft crashes. RIP, keen aviator friend.

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=955593876859985&set=a.176502604769120

 

[Marty_d]

Pilot dies in light plane crash in Malabaine near Northam, north-east of Perth - ABC News

WWW.ABC.NET.AU

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Police say a light plane crashed in Malabaine on Wednesday morning, with the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft...

 

Condolences to the family.