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Post by Bruce on May 7, 2007 22:43:29 GMT 12
I have just read the recently released CAA accident report relating to the crash of SeawindZK-SWT at Taupo, in which John Borman was Killed. John was a great stalwart of the SAA Bay of Plenty Chapter and will be sadly missed. However the accident report raises the issues of unsuitable and illegal repairs to homebuilt aircraft, and also clarifies a lot of scuttlebutt about what actually happened at Taupo that day. The photos and report are quite an eye opener and hopefully a lesson for those of us involved inhomebuilt aircraft. see: www.caa.govt.nz/Accident_Reports/ZK-SWT_Fatal.pdf |
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 7, 2007 23:10:17 GMT 12
Hmm - lots of food for thought. Like the bit about LAMEs not being happy with SAA builders maintaining their own aircraft. Could be a bit of a change in the wind there?
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Post by Bruce on May 8, 2007 8:31:17 GMT 12
The LAME maintenance issue is an ongoing source of frustration amongst homebuilders, but the current arrangements I beleive are fair and reasonable. For experimnetal aircraftall maintenace must be signed out be either a LAME or the builder if they have officially gained thier maintenance approal. There are sensible criteria around that approval, and it can only be issued to the builder of the aircraft whilst in thier ownership (so it is not valid if you buy a second hand homebuilt). SAA and CAA co operate in running courses at regular intervals. CAa have also changed the Annual review of airworthiness to a bienniel review - every 2 years, which is very good. Unfortunately all this came into place after the loss of Lyndsay Dunlop in a Zenith at Tauranga and the Borman accident at Taupo.
There are still some "old school" builders who arent happy with this arrangement, likewise some LAMEs, but it is a very generous arrangement by CAA and we trust that people approach it "professionally" and dont abuse the privelige.
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Post by corsair67 on May 9, 2007 18:31:19 GMT 12
Some people really do have either a deathwish, or an over inflated sense of invincibility!  Very sad case, but hopefully a lesson to all fellow aviators. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 10, 2007 9:04:04 GMT 12
John was a tow pilot at the ATC gliding camps for many years, the last few years at Matamata he would turn up in the Seawind and fly home again in the evening.
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