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N 45EL
From Bolder, Co
My thoughts
This accident was about 60 miles north - north west of
me
The reports from campers in the area said their were large
thunder storms in the area.
My thoughts
Here is another crash we could learn what not to do but
seems we forget to follow up or it gets swept under the rug with delays in the
Faa final reports. I personally feel we as a group of lancair Pilots and
builders need to get a handle on training and what not to do according to a
long list of crashes. I would suggest a stall device as the first tool of defense
and calibrate it ASAP in all the Lancair planes . Take a look at
our fuel systems, contamination, Fuel selectors ect. and upgrade as needed.
Check all aspects of our planes, welds, flight controls and push rods Yes I
know this is on an annual inspection but do we really look at this objectively.
As some of these planes are built to our own standards and we are the
factory. Another pair of eyes and a brain not attached so close to the project
to confirm proper build technique would be a good idea say partial
completion inspections and last a real training program with people Like
Charley K , why I picked Charley is he is also a builder of a 4p as well,
some of the instructors are not and don’t have a clue as to how a
lancair got from a wood create to a plane on the tarmac .Some say this
isn’t important but I do [ my own personal thoughts on instruction
]
It really bothers me to hear a person is scared of his plane like in
several post in the last lml. I feel there is a lack of some training in the
Lancair and confidence in several areas of ground training in past flying as
well and knowing the plane you fly. I remember the [kick the tire and light the
fires] doesn’t hold true in high performance aircraft for almost all of
us or any plane. I have read of weather related deaths, mechanical accidents,
defective parts related accidents and just not a lot of common since flying in
single engine planes. We as a group really need to clean up our act sorry to
say. This accident just north of me has no relation to any of these
problems I suggested until the final report from the faa states what was the
cause . Basically I would like to see we as a group take some control over our
problem collectively. I have lost several friends from stupid things, like flying
in a snow storm, flying with a known fuel issue and an engine problem at the
same time ending up short of the runway out of fuel, running out of fuel on
short final another, trying to land on a narrow runway without being
experienced in the issues associated with it , hitting a dike on short final at
an unfamiliar runway . These items describe a group of people in my Washington ST.
lancair builders group. I also see a problem with building and flying, some
pilot /builders seem to drop the proficiency of flying skills while building
the plane and the opposite really needs occur. I also see a large percentage of
inexperienced pilots jumping into these planes without ever flying above 10K
let alone flying a complex single. Most of the weather is from 15k to 45K above
and this plane without a set of radar eyes and experience needs to be on the
ground during the bad weather. The plane flies fast and weather comes much
faster at 20k and above. We now have several exceptional panels that have some
sort of small delayed weather info but that isn’t telling the whole
picture . We really need a common since button on the panel I
guess. Bill Maddox