Looking at the photo it does appear that
the front of the cowling is “high” relative to the spinner. The
cowling does appear to be still in position on the fuselage (no gaps and proper
alignment of the paint features). I don’t know the condition of the wreckage
but a broken upper motor mount could result in a nose down thrust vector.
Enough to cause loss of control?
Paul Bricker
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Sky2high@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
6:15 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Legacy crash -
speculation
The canopy is not that bad of a
problem. Noise and wind are distractions but the airplane is
flyable. The canopy won't open much further in controlled maneuvering
flight as the lift produced by the air flow over it is counteracted by the
forces of air flow against the canopy.
Perhaps one should review the
relationship between the cowl and the prop spinner in the picture as it
may indicate something beyond the normal "lift" on the cowl in climb
and the thrust forces from the engine/prop.
The gear was down and should have stayed
that way thru an emergency return to land (assuming enough power remained) OR,
if enough runway was available, the takeoff should have been aborted.
These are the toughies - there never will
be answers to How? Why? .............
In a message dated 4/16/2008 7:45:09 P.M.
Central Daylight Time, aadamson@highrf.com writes:
http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536888751&filename=phpxexrtQ.jpg
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