Matt,

Are you questioning whether an amateur-built wooden airframe has ever failed
in flight?

Because I think this would be a rather ridiculous notion. A thorough search
of the NTSB archives should turn up numerous examples.

Specific cases I have heard of have involved the Minimax, Volksplane and
several other wood airplane types. I cannot cite details or NTSB numbers,
but the info is out there.

Regards,

Gordon.


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Gordon Arnaut wrote:

It is a fact that there have been catastrophic structural failures on
homebuilt wooden airframes. That's not to say that those accidents were
caused by wood damaged in transit. In some cases, accident investigators
have been able to pinpoint the cause of the failure -- and compression
failure in wood members has been one such cause, as have other things,
like improper techniques, materials, etc.

Can you cite a few? I don't remember of any and I've read many accident
reports over the years.


Matt