Another article that was circulating said they caught a wing and tumbled on landing.  That just isn't true.  They impacted the ground totally upside down at about 45 degree angle and slid 140'.  The impact zone and debris field was lined up with the runway, so was not a base to final stall spin.  The engine was developing power by the look of the prop blades, all control surfaces were intact and the flaps were fully deployed and appeared to be down the same amount.  The speedbrakes were slightly deployed the same on each wing, but I suppose that might have been because of the high impact.  The wings were still attached, and actually the entire airframe was basically still together.   I was at the crash site (with the NTSB guys) with Joe just after the accident.  The NTSB will release a preliminary report next week. 

   

 

Ron Galbraith



>Geez, there is so much dis-information that gets sprinkled around the net,
>it's just amazing.