----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:37
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Clearing up some
information about the Legacy accident.
"...upside down at about 45 degree angle" sure
sounds like a full stall with a snap roll, just like mine would do if I didn't
know how to recognize and recover from the situation before it turned so bad.
What else could do it?
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date:
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:41:51 -0400
From: cfi@instructor.net
Subject: [LML] Re:
Clearing up some information about the Legacy accident.
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.