On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:51:56 AM UTC-4, Tango Eight wrote:
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7:46:43 AM UTC-4, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Yes, they wear. Ask the driver of the Nimbus 4 M in Washington that crashed on takeoff due to a worn l'hotellier Coming off the ball due to wear.

Guess embarrassment overcame concern for other aviators then... no NTSB report found. I want to know how it was proven that a properly assembled, safetied & pre-flight inspected l'hotellier failed as you say. I'd also like to know if some astounding number of flight hours was involved and if anything unusual pertained to the service history (e.g. stored in Pacific Surf, lubricated with silicon carbide lapping compound, 3000 & 6000 hr life extensions pencil whipped by village idiot, you know, all the usual stuff).

Serious question btw.

Evan Ludeman / T8

Okay, with a little PM assistance from Jonathon (thanks Jonathon) I was able to find the NTSB report. I had searched on manufacturer plus Washington state and the NTSB has the manufacturer misspelled in this accident report.

As far as the NTSB is concerned, it's failure to properly assemble and preflight, so admitted by the pilot.

best,

Evan Ludeman / T8