"Cockpit Colin" wrote in
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"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:fuxGd.1367$ry.1317@fed1read05...
what I fail to understand, is while he was still above tree top
height..
he
did not do a 90 right into that golf course.. trees are more
forgiving
than
concrete power poles..

I wondered the same thing - the other thing I found surprising is that
this was a fatal accident - from the point at which the aircraft hits
the wire it appears to come to a halt quickly and then drops
vertically. Sure, nothing I'd like to try in practice, but I didn't
see anything that I would have thought would have killed anyone,
assuming they were belted in good and tight.



That last bit when the left side of the cockpit took ALL the brunt of
the electric poll would have done it. Unfortuatly, my bet is, the
pilot's cranium took a good bit of light pole as well.

BeaglePig