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Fatal flight
Father dies, daughter injured as ultralight crashes into roof
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By Chris Brennan A SENIOR Frankston SES member was killed and his five-year-old daughter critically injured when the ultralight aircraft he was flying crashed into a house at Tyabb on Sunday. Peter Doutch, 44, of Frankston, died at the scene of the crash, while his young daughter, Emily, is fighting for life in hospital. She was still listed as critical late last week. SES officials paid homage to Mr Doutch, describing him as a highly dedicated volunteer who was “well known, very popular and much respected”. Frankston SES controller Brain McMannus said fellow volunteer members had been deeply affected by Mr Doutch’s death. “It’s hit us all very hard; we’ve lost a highly experienced member and a very good person,” Mr McMannus said. “It’s a sad day for the SES and an especially sad day for Peter’s family. Our thoughts are now with his little girl, and her mother and brother. We’re praying she pulls through.” Witnesses said the aircraft, a “microlight” Airborne XT-912 Tourer, appeared to experience engine prob-
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lems before crashing into the roof of a house in Seaview Rd about 5.20pm while heading back to the Peninsula Aero Club airstrip at Tyabb. Kevin Paganoni, who lives opposite the site of the crash, had been in his back yard rounding up chickens when he heard the stricken aircraft approaching. “It was heading south back to the airfield but it was way off the flight path, about 300 metres too far west,” he said. “The engine was sputtering and I thought, ‘he’s in trouble’. There was no way he was going to make it back to the airfield. “I think he must have known that too and it looked like he was heading for my paddock to try to land.” But as the aircraft approached Mr Paganoni’s property, it suddenly “banked hard” to the left. “Then the engine stalled and it dropped out of the sky, straight down into the roof.” Mr Paganoni said he and other neighbours, as well as the residents of the house, rushed to the crash site to help. Continued Page 8