Soaring Accident in Washington State

On Oct 16, 12:35*pm, 2G wrote:
On Oct 16, 6:33*am, Michael Dewitt Allen
wrote:

Florida Guy here... Commenting on the "Great North West Caper" in
Washington State

Seems like this Boggs Guy has it "Right On" again...

If the "Plan" was to do a 180... AFTER a "Launch"
on a tooo short rope...
on a tooo short Runway...

The *Genius that had suggested a "180 degree Return to Runway"
Had to be smokin something serious.
This "Plan" seems to have been "Doomed to Failure" from inception.

While the "plan" seems to be seriously flawed, and contributed to the
accident, it may not be the direct cause. Photos and videos clearly
show the right airbrake extended and the left retracted. This points
to a failure of the airbrake controls, which would be consistent with
what most witnesses reported (he veered off to the right after doing a
pull-up). There is an AD out on the DG-1000 airbrake control circuit.
These controls hookup automatically, so an assembly error is not
likely.

On Oct 17, 12:05*am, Harold Katinszky wrote:
On Oct 16, 12:35*pm, 2G wrote:



On Oct 16, 6:33*am, Michael Dewitt Allen
wrote:

Florida Guy here... Commenting on the "Great North West Caper" in
Washington State

Seems like this Boggs Guy has it "Right On" again...

If the "Plan" was to do a 180... AFTER a "Launch"
on a tooo short rope...
on a tooo short Runway...

The *Genius that had suggested a "180 degree Return to Runway"
Had to be smokin something serious.
This "Plan" seems to have been "Doomed to Failure" from inception.

While the "plan" seems to be seriously flawed, and contributed to the
accident, it may not be the direct cause. Photos and videos clearly
show the right airbrake extended and the left retracted. This points
to a failure of the airbrake controls, which would be consistent with
what most witnesses reported (he veered off to the right after doing a
pull-up). There is an AD out on the DG-1000 airbrake control circuit.
These controls hookup automatically, so an assembly error is not
likely.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text

If there is in an AD that was not addressed and the bird was
flown, that would not be very good in this matter.

On Oct 17, 4:59*pm, Harold Katinszky wrote:

If there is in an AD that was not addressed and the bird was
flown, that would not be very good in this matter.- Hide quoted text -

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As JJ said, don't put too much faith in a picture that shows one dive
brake out and the other in after a crash. Lots of things flex a LONG
way and then come back to looking almost normal. Especially with a
long lens from 1000 feet away. Are you also noticing that the aileron
on the right tip is trailing edge down, and the aileron inboard of
this is not?

Condolenaces to all involved.

Steve Leonard