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Old September 14th 08, 04:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Eclipse Loses Part

Vaughn Simon wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message
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an Eclipse Aviation
Corporation EA500, N875NA, sustained minor damage during an in-flight
separation of the aft, lower, left hand side, wing to body fairing,


I was just reviewing part 830 and trying to figure out how this became an
accident report...


And on the converse... I'm wondering how some stuff that happens around
doesn't turn up in at the NTSB...

Let's see... Bellanca veers off the runway, collapses nosegear, prop
strike and is totalled (2007).
Piper loses electrical power and lands at Bethlehem, PA, gear collapses
on the runway, scraping a lot of aluminum.
Lastly, a pilot on final into Westerly, RI, loses engine power and
ditches into a river....

Last two were within the last three months.
And none of them show up in the NTSB reports. What gives? Aren't these
mandatory reporting?
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