"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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So how does a paint job cause a crash exactly? AND SHOW YOUR WORK!


Well, one way is not to balance the flight controls after a repaint. I know
of one Bonanza lost that way.

And at least one Grob.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?...96FA123&rpt=fi

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of
this accident as follows.

failure of maintenance personnel to rebalance the flight controls after the
airplane had been repainted, which resulted in rudder flutter and in-flight
breakup of the airplane.


Vaughn