("Paul kgyy" wrote)
There is some scuttlebutt that the plane is a widowmaker, but I don't know
the reason, though an acquaintance of mine died in one.


IIRC, it was something about stalls forming inside, at the wing root,
instead of more outboard - near the tip. (I might have this one wrong, too!)

http://www.aopa.org/asf/asfarticles/sp9711.html
[Piper furnished owners with a free airflow modification kit that included
wing leading edge stall strips, a rudder seal strip, an aileron-rudder
interconnect system, and rerigging of the rudder and stabilator. These
changes were designed to provide better aerodynamic stall warning and
controllability at slow speeds.]


Montblack