{"id":352650,"date":"2026-01-20T16:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/australianaviation.com.au\/?p=1427805"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:22:19","slug":"risky-gippsland-crash-pilot-slipped-through-the-cracks-says-atsb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=352650","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Risky\u2019 Gippsland crash pilot slipped through the cracks, says ATSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2NDAiIGhlaWdodD0iMzYwIj48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIj48YW5pbWF0ZSBhdHRyaWJ1dGVOYW1lPSJmaWxsIiB2YWx1ZXM9InJnYmEoMTUzLDE1MywxNTMsMC41KTtyZ2JhKDE1MywxNTMsMTUzLDAuMSk7cmdiYSgxNTMsMTUzLDE1MywwLjUpIiBkdXI9IjJzIiByZXBlYXRDb3VudD0iaW5kZWZpbml0ZSIgLz48L3JlY3Q+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image wp-image-1427808 wp-post-1427805\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-public-id=\"Australian Aviation\/videoframe_76972_kw0pqk\/videoframe_76972_kw0pqk.png\" data-format=\"png\" data-transformations=\"f_auto\" data-version=\"1768889999\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" data-size=\"640 360\" data-delivery=\"upload\" onload=\";window.CLDBind?CLDBind(this):null;\" data-cloudinary=\"lazy\" \/>All three occupants of the experimental Morgan Cougar Mk 1, VH-LDV \u2013 20-year-old pilot Luke Smith; his younger brother Ben, 16; and cousin Dusty Daly, 15 \u2013 were killed when it crashed into a paddock near West Sale Airport on 16 November 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All three occupants of the experimental Morgan Cougar Mk 1, VH-LDV \u2013 20-year-old pilot Luke Smith; his younger brother Ben, 16; and cousin Dusty Daly, 15 \u2013 were killed when it crashed into a paddock near West Sale Airport on 16 November 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,312,1472,471,2021],"tags":[472],"class_list":["post-352650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-aviation","category-general-aviation","category-news","category-training","tag-australian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=352650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353255,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352650\/revisions\/353255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=352650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=352650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=352650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}