Slip slidin' away.

I too would like to see a full report into the US accident but I
doubt that JS1 pilots will be at all disturbed now when they are
flying:

If the US accident was the result of the rudder cable fraying
(which clearly was a design issue) and then breaking in flight
then that should be fixed by the modification to the rudder
pedal S tube design by adding bell ends and sleeve inserts to
protect the cables (Technical Note TN.JS-010 06 July 2012).

If it was due to misinterpretation of the rudder over-locking in a
side slip then that aspect has been highlighted in the flight
manual.

John Galloway


At 07:51 31 August 2013, Ramy wrote:
I find it disturbing that no follow up that I am aware off was
published
ye=
t about the cause of this incident by the pilot or anyone else
who knows
ab=
out it. If I was flying a JS1 I would be even more disturbed.
Now we all
kn=
ow we can't trust the NTSB to teach us anything about the
cause of glider
a=
ccidents, but one would hope that at least we will be sharing
information
a=
mong ourselves, so we don't have yet another one of those
"too bad he
wasn'=
t aware of this".

Ramy