Lnewqban

Airshow accident / Pilot survived (broken legs and 60% burns):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti....html?ITO=1490

I don't agree with newspaper's comments of human error as the main cause.
Watching the video, it seems that the ailerons got stucked.

Robinaire

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I disagree with you. If you look closely, the high wing aileron is deflected in such a manner as to LOWER that wing. His primary fault (look at video) was failing to maintain his altitude while inverted. Lee Robinson Commercial, multi, instructor pilot. Flying for 64 years, more than 5000 hrs.

Robinaire

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I might also add that he was applying NO left rudder to go with the laft aileron! Full left rudder in that attitude would have acted like the elevater and pitched the nose up. I've had to really pound on some new students that the ailerons and feet are tied together. If the aileron moves, so do the feet for normal coordination, and aerobatics is all about coordination! Lee Robinson

Bozarth

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Many aerobatics are flown UN-coordinated.

Kurt

vupilot

Hard telling what the pause was while inverted or why he failed to hold altitude.

I instruct in a Super Decathlon and I will let you guys know when the stick is forward near its forward limit the rear seaters stick can rub on the front seat back and can cause interference. Also, if the rear seat belts are not secured tightly with nobody in that seat they can interfere with the stick as well. The decathlon seats do not hold your body as securely as a lot of other aerobatic airplanes either, so the pilots body moves around a lot in comparison.

Just some things I think about when I see the video. I have actually had the rear seat stick rub against my seat belt buckle while instructing spins in the Decathlon and it unbuckled the belt and I found myself in a spin with a student and suddenly no seatbelt on.