Accident on Wether Fell 2007

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Mike Brown
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Accident on Wether Fell 2007

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For those of you who are interested the AAIB have just published their formal report into last years fatality to a PG pilot on wether fell. You can read it via the link below. Those of you who choose to fly in similar conditions read it twice!!
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http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resource ... 003-08.pdf
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I notice he was flying a dual, so would imagine him to well on the bottom of the weight and possibly making the wing more prone to collapse.
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could only put down to a accident and a tragedy as i know he did not impact hard. it shows in this life how easy it can be taken away without a little bit of luck on your side. it sounds like he could of hit just about anywhere and would of probably walked away exept one lown rock.
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