What: Rans S6 Coyote, co-owned by Mickey Jovkovic and Bill Lishman powered by a Rotax 912 engine, which does not use a traditional aircraft ignition system. Instead, it uses solid-state ignition modules, which are extremely reliable, but depend on electrical power to keep the engine running.
Where: near Port Perry
When: The crash happened around 9:45 a.m
Who: Mr. Jovkovic and a passenger were killed. The passenger, who was from South Africa and visiting his sister in nearby Port Perry this week, was given the flight as a gift from his brother-in-law, who won it in a charity auction.
Why: the engine on the new Rans S6 Coyote stalled, smashed into the ground and burst into flames. In a stall-spin, an airplane runs out of airspeed and falls off to one side as the pilot tries to bank toward the runway. Local pilots believe electrical problems may have shut down the airplane's ignition system.
Note: The plane's co-owner is Mr. Lishman, whose life story inspired the 1995 Hollywood movie Fly Away Home. Mr. Lishman, who became famous for training Canada geese to follow an ultralight airplane, built the Coyote with a friend in 1996, and had flown it ever since.
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