On 27 Jun, 12:57, "Bert Willing" willing_no_spam_ple...@ir-
microsystems.com wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message

Certainly a factor, but if it hadn't oversped (overspeeded?) on
launch, it wouldn't have failed. Well, not then, anyway.

Well, that is pure speculation, isn't it ?

My understanding was that the failure which occurred was deemed to be
a result of structural problems triggered by overspeed. I am happy to
be corrected if I am misremembering - I can't find accident reports on
the BGA website any more to check.

A friend of mine has an Oly which has been grounded for ever for this
reason - the glue in the aluminium/wood/aluminium sandwich spar has
seriously deteriorated and is beyond economic repair. He was winching
it quite happily until the accident happened.

Ian