Rich Ahrens wrote in message . visi.com...
Sam wrote:

Here's the link:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...94/detail.html

Stall = Engine stall?? Why do they always seem to screw this up??

You know, if you reread the story, you'll see that it appears it wasn't
the reporter who made the error:

"Flight simulator technician Scott McKenna of Platteville said he saw
the plane appear to descend for an emergency landing when it slowed down
too much and the wing dipped. The pilot overcorrected and the engine
stalled, he said. The plane headed nose down, cartwheeled and landed on
its belly, McKenna said."

Assuming the attribution is correct, it was the source who got it wrong.
On the other hand, the reporter may have misinterpreted his statement.
Either way, don't you think it would be more productive to write to the
site and educate the reporter than just bitch about it?

When I first read the report, my first thought was also that the
witness screwed up. But then I started thinking that a flight
simulator technician must know the difference between an aero stall
and an engine "stall", and that the reporter misintrepreted. Either
that or the flight sim tech is a complete idiot. If it was Joe Public
that said it, I'd just say he doesn't have knowledge of the subject.
But I would think a flight sim tech would, particularly since he
probably brought up his aviation credentials to the reporter.

BTW, I did send an email to that station politely informing them of
the error. They're usually pretty good about getting things right.