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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
For those who are interested the NTSB has released the 2nd report on the Walton crash. You can read it in it's entirety at the NTSB site at : http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA100& akey=1 See ya Chuck S |
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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
Read it earlier today and it clearly shows that somebody owes you a big
apology. Sounds like the builder was totally responsible for the modifications made. Good Show Chuck. ChuckSlusarczyk wrote: For those who are interested the NTSB has released the 2nd report on the Walton crash. You can read it in it's entirety at the NTSB site at : http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA100& akey=1 See ya Chuck S |
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In article .com, BobR says...
Read it earlier today and it clearly shows that somebody owes you a big apology. Sounds like the builder was totally responsible for the modifications made. Good Show Chuck. Thanks Bob. I don't expect one from "you know who" because an apology would require him to have to admit he was wrong .We all know that he thinks he's never wrong but the egg on his face says it all. It hurts to have anyone hurt in one of my planes and it is really heartbreaking to have a fatality especially since I probably knew the person personally. 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. See ya Chuck S |
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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
ChuckSlusarczyk wrote: For those who are interested the NTSB has released the 2nd report on the Walton crash. You can read it in it's entirety at the NTSB site at : http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA100& akey=1 After reading the report myself I have two questions: 1) What caused the crash? 2) Given the 20 gallon fuel capacity of the plane, why does the following statment refer to 10 gallons, rather than 5? "The airplane was not eligible for certification in the ultralight category due to a fuel capacity of greater than 10 gallons. " -- FF |
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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
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 --------------------------------------- School of Visual Art and Design southern adventist university --------------------------------------- http://www.southern.edu/~dascott -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote in message
... For those who are interested the NTSB has released the 2nd report on the Walton crash. You can read it in it's entirety at the NTSB site at : http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...DEN05FA100& a key=1 See ya Chuck S I've both heard and read many times that an accident is nearly always the result of a series of errors; and it's a tribute to your design that it took such a dramatic series to reach this unfortunate conclusion. Peter |
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In article , Peter Dohm says...
I've both heard and read many times that an accident is nearly always the result of a series of errors; Exactly right ,I've heard it was usually a combination of 3 things that cause accidents and if any one of them was missing it wouldn't have happened. and it's a tribute to your design that it took such a dramatic series to reach this unfortunate conclusion. Peter Thanks Peter I appreciate the comment. See ya Chuck S |
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NTSB Factual Walton Crash
"ChuckSlusarczyk" wrote in message
Officially the probable cause has not been determined by the NTSB at this time .This report is about the facts that were discovered during the course of the investigation. The last report will be the Probable Cause determination which may or may not cite a probable cause.. Not being intimately familiar with the design, the wording in the report about an inspection mirror does not draw a good mental image for me. Was the mirror part of the aircraft or was it a misplaced tool? Could it have caused a control surafce to jam? D. |
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Capt.Doug says... Not being intimately familiar with the design, the wording in the report about an inspection mirror does not draw a good mental image for me. Was the mirror part of the aircraft or was it a misplaced tool? Could it have caused a control surafce to jam? John was using an inspection mirror during the repairs he was doing.Witnesses reported him using it to see into the boom area by the rear control stick access. The NTSB said they weren't able to simulate a jam up .I bought the identical mirror and on an undamaged aircraft was able to simulate a jam up. The mirror is not part of the equiptment and was found in the wreckage. See ya Chuck S |
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