>    Don't know if anyone's really compiling the statistics, but I'm wondering if there has ever been a plane with as bad a safety record as >the IV-series Lancairs.  If this were a certificated or commercial airplane, the hue and cry would have grounded the whole fleet long ago.  >It seems to me that, based on the number of total airframe losses and the number of associated fatalities,  this design ought to be put on >the shelf for good.

 

I would not go to this extreme [grounding fleet] but it appears that something is amiss.  Perhaps that the LML list is the gathering point for all Lancair accidents causes us to think the accident rate is unusually high.  I hope this is the case but the difficultly in obtaining insurance for Lancairs probably indicates there is a 'real' problem...

 

My heart goes out to the survivors.

Earl E Schroeder Cessna N3595J Lancair N233EE
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