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Towpilot fatality in Oregon
Agree in general, but chances are that some readers on RAS know the
facts and can share with us much faster than the NTSB will, and indeed that seems to be the case here. We all take it personally when one of us get killed, and want to know why. Thanks to all who contributed. Ramy On Aug 28, 5:48*pm, Scott wrote: Ramy wrote: I expected someone will come up sooner or later with the lame request to wait for the "official accident report". It is comments like this which often prevent useful discussions about accidents and how to prevent them. I for one learned much more about accidents from RAS then from "official accident reports". Are you referring to the usually useless NTSB reports, or to accident reports in the soaring magazine which may take months or years to come if at all? We had too many fatalities this year yet I don't recall seeing any "official accident reports". Meanwhile more could die from the same reasons. I'm with Kirk and also hope that if something will ever happen to me people will discuss it right away and try to learn from it. Ramy Just to play devil's advocate...what can be learned from "what ifs"? If I weren't there to physically witness the accident, I might as well say the engine quit and someone made a 180 degree turn to return to the field and spun in. *What is learned by that? *Especially if the real cause was something such as a forgotten bolt or pin, causing the wing to fold. I myself prefer to wait for an investigation where there are at least some preliminary FACTS. *That's just the way I work, I guess..... Scott - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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