Knee Jerks

RST Engineering wrote:
The NTSB (which galls me to this day) laid the cause of the accident to
"improper maintenance". Yet the magneto overhaul times and bulletin times
were complied with to the letter and spirit of the mag company. The plugs
had less than 25 hours since cleaning. THe failure mode (open coil)
couldn't have been detected even with a full-bore overhaul, much less the
service bulletin inspections.


The idiots at the NTSB concluded I was too fast when I crashed and totalled a
Piper Lance, estimating I was doing a cool 130 knots when I hit. I must be the
toughest man alive, because I wasn't wearing a shoulder strap. Didn't break any
ribs either.

The engine out approach was flown at 90 mph; I told them that. No telling how
much slower I was when I lost the wing but there's no way in hell I was anywhere
near the speed they concluded.

I sometimes wonder if they mix up the reports in a big stack on the desk when
they write their conclusions.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE