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Pilot error killed property heir

The heir apparent to the Hopper family property development empire may have been a victim of his own abilities when a low flight manoeuvre went "horribly wrong" at a Northland airstrip, a coroner has found.An inquest into the death of Stace Hopper, 27, project manager for the Marsden Cove development and eldest son copy handbag Hermes of Hopper Developments' chief executive, Hermes bag replica Leigh Hopper, was held at the Whangarei District Court yesterday.Stace Hopper died at Marsden Cove on March 12 last year after the plane he was flying crashed and was engulfed in flames.Coroner Brandt Shortland said pilot error had caused the crash."It was a low flying manoeuvre, for whatever reason Stace decided to do, that went horribly wrong."The court heard Stace Hopper was about to return to the Northshore Aeroclub and was carrying out preflight checks when colleague and friend Simon Kirkpatrick noticed one of the company's water tankers being driven on to the roughly constructed runway.Mr Kirkpatrick stopped the truck and parked his red van, with his son in the front seat, on the side of the strip. Stace Hopper rolled down the runway, took off but was flying unusually low. As the plane approached the van Stace went into a righthand banking manoeuvre."The plane lost all lift and fell. It hit bag Hermes copy the van," Mr Kirkpatrick said.Mr Kirkpatrick and his son were covered with shattered glass from the windscreen. He got the water tanker and with the help of the tanker driver and Mr Hopper's younger brother, Gray, doused the flames. They pulled off a panel and found Stace dead. He said the family had lived a fast life and had competed in plenty of speed related sports.He described his eldest son as "exuberant"."He achieved at everything he did. He was even called to Australia to do jetski demonstrations. He got into flying at an early age and was into motorsport. That exuberance clearly led him to undertake a manoeuvre to be what I consider a high speed take off. We will always be at a loss as to why he failed to leave enough margin for error."The coroner found no mechanical faults contributed to the crash and a toxicology report showed no signs of drugs or alcohol in his blood."He was a very talented man and gifted at many things and was the heir apparent to a Hermes Kelly handbag replica family business. In some ways he was a victim of his own abilities."He was extremely competent at rally driving, jet skiing and flying."With that sort of ability he made a decision on that day to do a low flying manoeuvre that didn't go to plan," Mr Shortland said. "It was pilot error."Our Regional News StoriesThe Northern AdvocateBig haul at Special Olympics Swim CarnivalFar North based swimmers performed well at the Special Olympics Swim Carnival.Our Features Top StoriesDrivenWhat's it like driving James Bond's Lotus Espirit? Never meet your heroes? Well, it's not always the case.

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