On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:36:30 -0400, john smith wrote:

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:57:47 -0400, john smith wrote:

I find it interesting that the only accident/incident reported at
AirVenture 2007 is the P-51.
So much for the NTSB not being influenced by politics.

Which others met NTSB Part 830 criteria?

N377CT
The pilot stalled it 12 feet above the runway and dropped it in,
breaking the landing gear off. Monday, July 24, ~ 10:30 AM CDT.
The folks in the CT told me they were going to strip everything out of
it and reinstall them in new airframe.

By your own description, it doesn't meet NTSB criteria for classification as an
accident, and thus is not reportable. See the last sentence of 830.2. How
they're going to *repair* it is immaterial; the reporting criteria is based on
the type and severity of damage and injuries.

In any case, there are others with probably more at stake than the EAA, if this
were to be reported as an accident. If the CT incident were the only other one
at Oshkosh this year, I don't know why the EAA would try to hush it up.

Ron Wanttaja