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On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:38:19 -0800, Ramy wrote:
I am actually not surprised. The NTSB is notorious for missing the point and opportunities to learn lessons. All they need to find is some alcohol or drug in the blood and balme it on it and they are done. Just like in car accidents. Otherwsie they conclude a pilot error due to loss of control. I bet Bumper's investigation by just looking at the tow hook was more thorough than the NTSB investigation. Do you not have a govermental organisation like our AAIB in Leftpondia? http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publications/formal_reports.cfm Their investigations and reports seem very thorough. -- Alex |
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On Jan 27, 6:24*pm, Alex Potter wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:38:19 -0800, Ramy wrote: I am actually not surprised. The NTSB is notorious for missing the point and opportunities to learn lessons. All they need to find is some alcohol or drug in the blood and balme it on it and they are done. Just like in car accidents. Otherwsie they conclude a pilot error due to loss of control. I bet Bumper's investigation by just looking at the tow hook was more thorough than the NTSB investigation. Do you not have a govermental organisation like our AAIB in Leftpondia? http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publications/formal_reports.cfm Their investigations and reports seem very thorough. -- Alex NTSB performs a similar function to AAIB but they are not only responsible for air accidents, but all accidents in the national transportation system, which includes road and rail. They seem to investigate major accidents thoroughly. Their investigation staff may be spread too thin to investigate accidents that don't have a significant impact on public safety. Just speculation of course but it does seem consistent with the standard of investigation that I have seen for accidents that I knew something about before the report was published. Andy |
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On Jan 28, 6:55*am, Andy wrote:
On Jan 27, 6:24*pm, Alex Potter wrote: On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:38:19 -0800, Ramy wrote: I am actually not surprised. The NTSB is notorious for missing the point and opportunities to learn lessons. All they need to find is some alcohol or drug in the blood and balme it on it and they are done. Just like in car accidents. Otherwsie they conclude a pilot error due to loss of control. I bet Bumper's investigation by just looking at the tow hook was more thorough than the NTSB investigation. Do you not have a govermental organisation like our AAIB in Leftpondia? http://www.aaib.gov.uk/sites/aaib/publications/formal_reports.cfm Their investigations and reports seem very thorough. -- Alex NTSB performs a similar function to AAIB but they are not only responsible for air accidents, but all accidents in the national transportation system, which includes road and rail. *They seem to investigate major accidents thoroughly. *Their investigation staff may be spread too thin to investigate accidents that don't have *a significant impact on public safety. Just speculation of course but it does seem consistent with the standard of investigation that I have seen for accidents that I knew something about before the report was published. Andy This NTSB report is an embarrassment. How many stone cold sober tow pilots could recover an upset at 200feet? I haven't flown a 150hp Pawnee but I've heard it has trouble getting out of its own way in benign circumstances much less a kiting glider at 200 feet and a release system that may have been compromised. |
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On Jan 28, 10:58*am, 150flivver wrote:
*How many stone cold sober tow pilots could recover an upset at 200feet? * My guess is none. You have to recognise the problem, find the release handle which is poorly placed in all the Pawnees I have flown, pull it, hope the hook load is not so high that the rope can't be dumped, and then recover from the dive. Andy |
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Andy wrote:
On Jan 28, 10:58*am, 150flivver wrote: *How many stone cold sober tow pilots could recover an upset at 200feet? * My guess is none. You have to recognise the problem, find the release handle which is poorly placed in all the Pawnees I have flown, pull it, hope the hook load is not so high that the rope can't be dumped, and then recover from the dive. Andy I have survived one of these upsets, fortunately at about 400ft. The effect on both the tow plane and the glider when the rope came tight was an instantaneous transition from horizontal to vertical. My first reaction was to shut the throttle, and I guarantee that this would be yours also. The second was to release the rope, but the glider pilot had already pulled his release. Recovery from the dive is the #1 problem. If you are too low you will likely pull the tug to horizontal and flick-roll into the deck, or simply go straight in. |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:55:21 -0800, Andy wrote:
NTSB performs a similar function to AAIB but they are not only responsible for air accidents, but all accidents in the national transportation system, which includes road and rail. They seem to investigate major accidents thoroughly. Their investigation staff may be spread too thin to investigate accidents that don't have a significant impact on public safety. Just speculation of course but it does seem consistent with the standard of investigation that I have seen for accidents that I knew something about before the report was published. In the UK, we split the functions between the RAIB, AAIB and the police, for railways, aviation and road transport respectively. Both of the AIBs publish extensively documented, detailed reports, after thorough investigations. I've tried, and failed, to find similarly detailed reports on the NTSB web site. Are there any? -- Alex |
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Both of the AIBs publish extensively documented, detailed reports,
after thorough investigations. I've tried, and failed, to find similarly detailed reports on the NTSB web site. Are there any? If you're sufficiently rich/important, a little more effort is put into trying to figure out what really happened. Fosset's NTSB is a good example: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA277& akey=1 ....not sure how it compares to RAIB/AIB reports though. -Paul |
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