Crunch Alert (USA) - hugely serious but (apparently) non-fatal

On 5/2/2012 1:19 PM, Ramy wrote:
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:24:51 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
OUTSTANDING description, Mark. Kudos for Angel's description and your
reporting!


"Mark wrote in message
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Major

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I second that. This is the kind of accident reports we need to be able to
understand better and learn -

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Ramy

"What Dan and Ramy said." This took a lot of effort and time to research and
compose/write. It's genuinely appreciated.

Thank goodness 'only' a plane was lost. Let's hope a full investigation
manages to uncover 'a smoking gun.'

Bob W.

Checked my LAK-17a, S/N 119 yesterday. Cables are in perfect condition and
service bulletin has been complied with.

Thanks, again, for the heads up.


"Bob Whelan" wrote in message
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On 5/2/2012 1:19 PM, Ramy wrote:
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 7:24:51 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
OUTSTANDING description, Mark. Kudos for Angel's description and your
reporting!


"Mark wrote in message
...
Major

snip of excellent stuff...


I second that. This is the kind of accident reports we need to be able to
understand better and learn -

Snip


Ramy

"What Dan and Ramy said." This took a lot of effort and time to research
and compose/write. It's genuinely appreciated.

Thank goodness 'only' a plane was lost. Let's hope a full investigation
manages to uncover 'a smoking gun.'

Bob W.

....and while we are talking about rudder cables, years ago I accidentally drilled through a rudder cable when installing a boom microphone. When we pulled the cable out to replace it, we found that the factory had done exactly the same thing a few feet further down the fuselage and half the strands were severed.

Sometime later, I heard of a rudder cable failure on this particular sailplane type and wondered if this were a common manufacturing problem.

Mike