“CRASH DUE TO ERROR OF JUDGMENT”
Evidence At Inquest On Stinson Victims
(Received 10 a.m.) BRISBANE, March 31. In giving evidence today at the inquest into the death of the five victims of the crash d¥ the Stinson air liner on February 18, one of the two survivors, Mr John Proud, expressed the opinion that the accident was due to an error of judgment on the„part of one or other of the pilots. Witness said the Stinson was flying at an, altitude of 1000 feet through rain and beneath clouds. It was rolling erratically, when the ground and trees seemed to rise ahead. “The thought flashed through my mind that we were in for a crash,” said Mr Proud, “and next instant we did crash. s My opinion is that the pilot had not allowed enough margin to clear the sudden rise of the McPherson Range, over which he was attempting to climb. We should have had a greater margin of elevation.”
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Northern Advocate, 1 April 1937, Page 6
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