Randy writes:

<<<<After reading this could you please report back the LML, pointing out all, if any, Lancair's that came apart from exceeding Vne?

>>>>>

On August 09, 2005 N750F, a Lancair IV-P disintegrated in flight in a dive at Mach 0.62. It is not in your list as it happened in Canada (Transport Canada Report A05W0160).

In June of 2003 N29ME, a Lancair IV-P, disintegrated in flight after exceeding 253KTAS (274KIAS). (NTSB Report ATL03LA094)

I know these things because I recovered the data from the respective PFDs for TC and the NTSB.

An airplane is like a gun, it is not intrinsically dangerous. Both require poor human judgment to become instruments of grief.

With performance comes speed and rapid response. Lancairs can get ahead of the skills of their pilots faster than most. What ends up killing the occupants is frequently a deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance with a dash of bravado.

Airplanes aren't dangerous but pilots who believe they can stretch the laws of physics are.

Merry Christmas!

Brent Regan
N170BR LIV-P