Jim Logajan wrote:

Years ago he reviewed a little homebuilt called the Capella.
Later they got on his ****list, but when he reviewed it he did
his standared "looped, rolled and spun" story. A year later, a
couple of kids (without licenses) flying a non-registered but N
number wearing 2 place tried a zoom and pull, and pulled the
wings off. We know for they read Zoom's story. Did he influence
their decision? It's likely.

NTSB search by keyword "capella" yielded 4 hits, one of which had
fatalities and appears to be the accident in question:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...11X12205&key=1

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This does appear to be the Capella in question. If so.....
It's time to make these kids responsible for their own actions.

NTSB Identification: MIA93LA130.....

POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE WING ATTACH POINTS INDICATED ALL FAILURES
WERE INDICATIVE OF OVERSTRESS AND ALL FITTINGS HAD DISTORTION DAMAGE.
THE ACFT MFG STATED THE DAMAGE TO THE WINGS WAS SIMILAR TO DAMAGE OF
WINGS THAT WERE FAILED AT ULTIMATE LOADING OF 6.6 POS G'S IN STATIC
TESTING.

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN A MANNER WHICH
EXCEEDED DESIGN LIMITATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN INFLIGHT FAILURE AND
SEPARATION OF THE WINGS.


- Barnyard BOb -