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Here's what really happened to the Seminole in the picture. Quite funny really, especially considering it was a SURGEON that performed this impressive operation. I wouldn't say 'never trust a doctor' but this will make you think next time your GP recommends surgery :-lolI put a link to the actual page at the bottom ;)"A planned night flight from Parafield to Whyalla and the discovery of a flat battery should have been enough to go and find something else to do for the night. Night flights with any electrical problems should be avoided at all costs.He then proceeded to hand start the engine by turning the prop. While this is actually not illegal it should be approached with the utmost of caution and is really only used in remote areas where there is no help or decent Pub within a long walk.The pilot, by himself, did not chock the wheels or check the handbrake was engaged and one must wonder what he had had to drink prior.Anyway the engine fires up at about 2000 rpm and the aircraft starts taxying to the runway on its own.The only problem with that was there were 4 piper warriors and a twin engine Seminole ( the sliced plane in picture ) in its way. The pilot somehow managed to avoid certain death although this may have been the better option considering what was about to unfold.At a steady rate of forward movement similar to a fairly upset Hippo during breeding season the Saratoga proceeds to destroy anything in its path.With approx 350 litres of avgas spewing out of the damaged aircraft the pilot must surely realise that an appropriate timely death is about to occur saving a life a "please explain" and oh yea your the guy who destroyed those planes ////.The result is he lived, and the University of Adelaide lost one plane and the use of the other 4 ( Just freshly Painted ) for some time to come all because of a flat battery and a really bad decision. The cost $1.5 million and absolute embarressment for the rest of the pilots life.You can just imagine the pilot , after being run over by his own plane, hanging on to the tail of his aircraft trying to stop it going any further and watching in horror as it bit by bit shreds the tail of the most expensive aircraft in the vicinity and thinking any minute the engine will stop. Just when he thinks the nightmare is going to come to an end his aircraft then makes a sharp right hand turn and without conscience heads to the second most expensive aircraft in its way. Following the laws of Karma this guy must have done some serious #### somewhere along the line.08-12-2002The said doctor is going through the courts at present in Adelaide and the court case is hinging around the fact that he said the handbrake was engaged at the time of the accident.Apparantly the seminole has five settings on the handbrake and a LAME qualifies that he checked the handbrake after the accident and it was operationalPersonally I think he should be locked up for attempting to start an aircraft with intent to fly at night with a flat battery over water.We'll see what the outcome is."Here's a link to the page:http://users.senet.com.au/~colton/Interesting_Stories.htmlHave fun - always :-waveRegards,**************Jonathan Point**************"I'd rather be down here wishing I was up there than up there wishing I was down here"