On Feb 20, 8:24*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:08:08 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

See here for a related accident report:

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/...4/a98q0114.asp

* *That airplane had two problems: A busted spring, which really
wasn't the issue, and *badly worn rudder hinges, which allowed the
rudder stops to override the stop bolt heads and lock in a fully-
deflected position. Since they couldn't get the spin rotation stopped,
they couldn't break the stall. The busted spring was just another
symptom of really poor maintenance. The FAA issued an AD on it.

* * Dan

"The right elevator tip trailing edge had been broken and repaired with
aluminum foil tape, and the rudder bottom tip had two cracks of about 1.5
inches extending from a rivet hole which had been stop-drilled and painted..
No record was found of these repairs."

Not attempting to be dramatic, but isn't this at least gross negligence and
possibly accessory to 3rd degree manslaughter?
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No. He preflighted it and decided these were non-issues -right? (Now
I've not seen the cracks but I'd guess that a stop drilled a rivet
crack at the bottom of the tail is not likely to be an issue as not
near a hinge. the paint shows it's an old repair and the crack has
been stopped correctly).

Cheers