This is very sad. Our thoughts are with that
family.
***
I have something to report about the accident
plane. This is a bit scary but I have known over
11 years that it is maybe not so well built (at
least it is fast built).
My building process was around its mid when
visited EAA Sweden fly-in in Barkarby 2002. Our
family friend Bob Harrison was there as well as
Mr. Keith Wilson with his huge cameras and extra
thick wallet but thats an another story.
G-GBXS was there. It looked very nice, almost a
show finished plane (actually, there was a show).
I was very curious whats there under the hatches.
To learn something I took a screwdriver and opened
all the possible hatches and covers to visit
inside. That was awful. I was a novice but
understood this is something I definetely would
and will do better. Look attachments. Very
careless. Dirty. Corrosion. A Fuel pump area was
like a spiders nest. That inspection happened 1st
of June 2002. I got new standards to finish my
plane.
I underline my observations have maybe nothing to
do with XS flight safety nor that accident and
all these invisible details have maybe and
hopefully fixed years ago to equal better level
and higher standards.
Build carefull - make beauty first inside then
outside!
Raimo Toivio
# 417 OH-XRT
Finland
+ 358 - 3 - 3753 777
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From: David Joyce
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Daily Mail report of
father and daughter fatality
<davidjoyce@doctors.org.uk>
The fact that the wreckage seems to be all
together would
argue against a mid air structural failure. Very
sad
indeed. David Joyce. G-XSDJ
"Alan Carter" <alancarteresq@onetel.net> wrote:
> <alancarteresq@onetel.net>
>
> Hello All.
> The crash occurred a couple of days ago, the
> aircraft is,
> G-GBXS, Mono, 914, crashed killing two on board
> about 300 to 500 m short of runway.
> Built in 1998. look like an Ex Europa
> Demonstrator, see photo in G info.
> It is really sad, the brother was watching the
> plane when it crashed.
>>From the photo, my guess only, it looks like a
>>stall or spin impacted ,
> or Structural failure as the plane looks like it
> hit the ground hard and flat.
> We will have to wait for the inspection to get
> the answer.
> Anyway it is tragic misfortune for the family.
> Regards.
> Alan
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=407357#407357
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