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Snoozer, a homebuilt plane crashing is surprising only to the most ignorant
The people commenting that they'd expect a pilot to be smarter need only work on a flight line for 1 hour to have their worldview flipped upside down.
Was it home built? This article says it was installed during a modification to the fuel line, but I didn’t see if it was the plane owner or a 3rd party install.
The Cozy MK IV is a homebuilt aircraft, perhaps the owner / pilot had it installed, or perhaps it was done in house. Regardless I'd say this kind of thing is the rule and not an exception for homebuilt aircraft.