It didn't crash, it made a landing with less than optimal amounts of control
input/response.

FWIW, I'm with Stephan, if I see "crash" I assume that someone was at the
controls when the integration of the aircraft components became suboptimal
for future use.


"Stewart Kissel" wrote in
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From Websters Dictionary online:
Main Entry: 1crash
Pronunciation: 'krash
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English crasschen
Date: 15th century
transitive senses
1 a : to break violently and noisily



At 15:06 02 October 2003, Stefan wrote:
Erich Kohlenberger wrote:

Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin
tests.

So it didn't 'crash', but broke up during a test flight,
not the same in
my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!)
Still far from
perfect, though.

Stefan