"Kyle Boatright" wrote:
Also, the EAA has a fair amount of pull, and by going
to the right people in the NTSB and/or FAA, they more
or less headed off an embarassing situation.

Where did you hear that? If there's no substantial airframe (other
than gear) damage, it's not an accident. Even so, how would an NTSB
report embarrass EAA? If true, a guy pulled the wrong switch. NTSB
would say he pulled the wrong switch in a short report media wouldn't
care about. And pulling the wrong switch is in no way reckless
operation, due alone to the fact it did not endanger persons/property,
so FAA should not be involved. Nobody has pull with NTSB, not even
FAA; NTSB made even Boeing redesign the B-737 rudder control system
they insisted worked properly.

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