操縦する in 宙返り飛行 of death as his family looks on

By ANDREW LEVY, Daily Mail

Last updated at 22:12 17 July 2006

A 実業家急落（する），激減（する）d to his death after his 計画（する） lost 力／強力にする during a 私的な空気／公表する陳列する，発揮する to celebrate the 退職 of a friend.

Steve Cowham's wife, children, parents and friends watched in horror as his 航空機 spiralled to the ground.

The 40-year-old amateur 操縦する is believed to have fought to 避ける nearby homes before his 計画（する）衝突，墜落d into a field and burst into 炎上s.

The Slingsby T67M aerobatics 航空機 ended up just 20 yards from two cottages in the village of Hoxne, Suffolk. 解雇する／砲火／射撃乗組員s and 救急車s arrived within minutes but Mr Cowham was pronounced dead at the scene.

"The 計画（する） just （機の）カム負かす／撃墜する like a leaf and went 一連の会議、交渉／完成する and 一連の会議、交渉／完成する until it 攻撃する，衝突する the deck," said Brian Chester, a Hoxne parochial church 議員, who 証言，証人／目撃するd the 衝突，墜落.

Another 証言，証人／目撃する, who asked not to be 指名するd, said: "It was coming straight に向かって me and then it veered away に向かって the field. I wondered afterwards whether the 操縦する realised what was happening and was trying to 避ける the houses." Mr Cowham was five minutes into his 決まりきった仕事 on Sunday afternoon when 悲劇 struck.

The 計画（する） was 完全にするing a 宙返り飛行 when the engine 削減（する） out and he 急落するd into the sugar beet field.

It 衝突，墜落d just a few hundred yards from the party at the home of his friend Alan Smith, who was stepping 負かす／撃墜する as a partner in a 地元の auctioneering and 広い地所機関会社／堅い.

Guests 含むd Mr Cowham's wife Joanne, their children Shannon, eight, and Callum, three, and his parents Pauline and John.

It is understood that Mr Cowham, who 伸び（る）d his 操縦する's licence two years ago, sent out a mayday call moments before he lost 支配（する）／統制する.

The entrepreneur lived with his family in a ￡200,000 detached Victorian house in Fressingfield, five miles from Hoxne. He owned a 栄えるing car 修理商売／仕事 and was a 所有物／資産／財産 developer.

His 計画（する） took off from Old Buckenham A irfield, 近づく Diss, Norfolk, where 27-year-old parachutist David Crowcroft fell to his death in May after 明らかに cutting his ひもで縛るs.

Staff said Mr Cowham bought a 50 per cent 株 in the 航空機 last year and practised in it for at least 30 minutes each week. The two-seater 計画（する）, which can reach 速度(を上げる）s of 157mph and has a wingspan of 34ft 9in, was serviced every 50 空気／公表する-hours or 180 days, 同様に as receiving 年次の checks.

離着陸場経営者／支配人 William Layzell said: "Everyone here is shocked by what happened. He was enthusiastic about 飛行機で行くing but was not a risktaker."

Anyone with a 私的な飛行機で行くing licence can 成し遂げる aerobatics as long as they are not in controlled 空気／公表する space and keep a 最小限 500ft distance from 'any person, 大型船, 乗り物 or structure' in 田舎の areas.

The 空気／公表する事故s 調査支店 is looking into the 衝突，墜落.