What we can gain from this is to be very careful in preflights, don't make any
modifications unless you consult the factory and most of all don't be a test
pilot.

Absolutely!

The report doesn't seem to offer any speculative conclusion as to what caused
the sudden but level-winged descent. What is your understanding re. "the
aileron cable was separated and exhibited a random raveling of individual
wires typical of an overload failure."? Is this to say both cables broke
due to impact or broke in-flight? If they broke in-flight, this would obviously
mean no bank control for coordinated turns, but would unrestrained ailerons
cause a rapid descent? That is, would they drop down and act like flaps,
increasing drag?

The drill left of the engine causing prop strike when it fell off at TO, hard
landing at BUB, and loss of luggage at TO from BUB, are surprising insights
to the pilot's possible lack of attention to details that may have contributed
to his demise.





Dean A. Scott, mfa
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School of Visual Art and Design
southern adventist university
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http://www.southern.edu/~dascott

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