David S wrote:

 

2) Almost certainly, the engine has been disassembled, and the components removed. Looking for things such as seal/rotor interfaces, tolerances and wear indicators may not be able to be reliably determined any longer unless EACH part remained indexed to EACH identifiable location.

3) I would expect that the ECU has been removed and sent to the manufacturer to have it's programming at the time of the accident retrieved. I am unaware of Paul having data-logging, but if it was available, that memory likewise would have been sent out for analysis.
4) I would expect (maybe expecting too much) that the removal and disassembly had been videotaped for later review and analysis but in our current state of organization we likely to never see it without the explicit consent of the next of kin.

 

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I was a party to an investigation of an S-51 fatal accident that was powered by a big block chevy. The NTSB participants were totally inept (sp) at analysing anything in alternate engine in detail. The engine was not torn down period. I believe the engine was not making power at impact based on walking the site and looking at the blades, but their final report said it was  running based on one witness. Several other witnesses said it had stopped running before impact! They only talked to one and wrote their report.

 

It would certainly surprise me if they spent more than a half day total looking at the wreckage!

 

Bernie, looking forward to Slobvovia. If PL is there, I'd bet he will talk even though he may not publish anything until after their report.