On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 6:27:51 PM UTC-7, David Kinsell wrote:
In addition to the 1-26 crash, its big brother went in near Cleveland in
June, with no serious injuries:

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-n...ne-crashes-on-
middlefield-township-highway-no-injuries

Seems like more than usual crashes this season? Ventus 2 C went in
during the big contest at Hobbs, there were fatals out of Moriarty and
off a winch launch in Arizona. Doesn't seem to be any common theme to
these, at least the the information that's available currently.

Sorry to say there's not much of a pattern - or one that's out of the ordinary. Stall/spin on approach or near terrain tend to be the big ones. We've made some progress dealing with midairs and with auto-connecting controls assembly/configuration errors should go down over time as the fleet turns over. I'm optimistic that improving technology might provide some hope in warning pilots about low-level slow and (perhaps) uncoordinated, but it will take some time.

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