On Jan 28, 6:55*am, Andy wrote:
On Jan 27, 6:24*pm, Alex Potter wrote:



On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:38:19 -0800, Ramy wrote:
I am actually not surprised. The NTSB is notorious for missing the point
and opportunities to learn lessons. All they need to find is some
alcohol or drug in the blood and balme it on it and they are done. Just
like in car accidents. Otherwsie they conclude a pilot error due to loss
of control. I bet Bumper's investigation by just looking at the tow hook
was more thorough than the NTSB investigation.

Do you not have a govermental organisation like our AAIB in Leftpondia?

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publications/formal_reports.cfm

Their investigations and reports seem very thorough.

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Alex

NTSB performs a similar function to AAIB but they are not only
responsible for air accidents, but all accidents in the national
transportation system, which includes road and rail. *They seem to
investigate major accidents thoroughly. *Their investigation staff may
be spread too thin to investigate accidents that don't have *a
significant impact on public safety. Just speculation of course but it
does seem consistent with the standard of investigation that I have
seen for accidents that I knew something about before the report was
published.

Andy

This NTSB report is an embarrassment. How many stone cold sober tow
pilots could recover an upset at 200feet? I haven't flown a 150hp
Pawnee but I've heard it has trouble getting out of its own way in
benign circumstances much less a kiting glider at 200 feet and a
release system that may have been compromised.