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Subject: Re: [LML] RV10 Accident Report
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Truly unbelievable.=C2=A0 A string of bad judgement that defies comprehensi=
on.=0A=0AThis comment caught my attention:=C2=A0 "By all accounts, Dan was =
regarded as a a pretty sound person"=0AThe following was=C2=A0also taken fr=
om the RV list=C2=A0and is quite germain:=0A=0ANice Guys Die Too....=0A"Thi=
s will sound a bit harsh, but sometimes, we just have to talk straight. Avi=
ation has been a part of my life since I was a kid, and I have lost friends=
 due to mistakes made by them, and the mistakes of others. I have seen a lo=
t of accidents, read about a lot of accidents, and investigated accidents. =
In general, we know what causes them, and usually, it is not the fault of t=
he machine, but rather, the soft, squishy thing in the pilot=E2=80=99s seat=
. That=E2=80=99s the hard truth.=0A=0AAfter every accident, we read reports=
 from friends that tell us how great a person the pilot was. They were wond=
erful friends, caring parents, generous with their time, knowledgeable in t=
heir work. They were always willing to help others, built carefully, asked =
questions =E2=80=93 or answered the many questions of others. They were gre=
at at fly-ins, or in the evening at the hangar =E2=80=93 laughed a lot, wer=
e great promoters of aviation. In short =E2=80=93 they were great, nice peo=
ple. They are frequently put out there as "role models", people to be emula=
ted, pilots to be admired=E2=80=A6=0A=0AAnd still, they died. And their fri=
ends =E2=80=9Ccan=E2=80=99t understand how it happened=E2=80=A6.=E2=80=9D=
=0A=0AWell, it=E2=80=99s usually pretty simple. Good guys ( nice guys, wond=
erful guys...) are not immune from doing something dumb! They made a mistak=
e =E2=80=93 or more usually, a string of mistakes. They screwed up. Sometim=
es, it=E2=80=99s a single, tragic lapse of attention or error. More often, =
=E2=80=9Cwe all knew=E2=80=9D it was coming. There is a whole list of chara=
cter traits that are indicative of a person going down a path that can lead=
 to an accident =E2=80=93 the list isn=E2=80=99t secret; you can find it in=
 magazine articles, safety classes, and most pilot training programs. Yet s=
till =E2=80=93 we see people all the time who we KNOW are going to go and d=
o something stupid someday with an airplane. And we let them go. And when t=
hey die, we talk about what nice guys they were. Yeah, they were nice =E2=
=80=93 but they were also WRONG - and now they are DEAD! We need to stop de=
ifying those who are not good examples, period.=0A=0AI try to be a nice guy=
. In fact, if I am remembered for nothing else when I am gone, I would like=
 people to remember me as a nice guy. But maybe sometimes, we have to be a =
little less =E2=80=9Cnice=E2=80=9D. Maybe we need to challenge one another,=
 and when we see someone doing something dumb, we need to tell them so. We =
don=E2=80=99t have to be jerks about it. =E2=80=9CHey Bill, you might alrea=
dy be aware of this, and I don=E2=80=99t want to sound like a know-it-all, =
but that fuel line looks awful short to me =E2=80=93 when the engine moves,=
 it could pull that end right off!=E2=80=9D =0A=0AAviation is dangerous, bu=
t no more dangerous than any other activity that accelerates a human being =
to speeds where they will be mush if they come to a sudden stop. What is mo=
re dangerous is bad judgment, and that is shameful. But what is more shamef=
ul is when we let bad judgment pass unchecked, and later talk about =E2=80=
=9Cwhat a nice guy he was=E2=80=9D=E2=80=A6."=0APaul F. Dye=0A=0A=0A      
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ust have to talk straight. Aviation has been a part of my life since I was =
a kid, and I have lost friends due to mistakes made by them, and the mistak=
es of others. I have seen a lot of accidents, read about a lot of accidents=
, and investigated accidents. In general, we know what causes them, and usu=
ally, it is not the fault of the machine, but rather, the soft, squishy thi=
ng in the pilot=E2=80=99s seat. That=E2=80=99s the hard truth.<BR><BR>After=
 every accident, we read reports from friends that tell us how great a pers=
on the pilot was. They were wonderful friends, caring parents, generous wit=
h their time, knowledgeable in their work. They were always willing to help=
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gar =E2=80=93 laughed a lot, were great promoters of aviation. In short =E2=
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ts to be admired=E2=80=A6<BR><BR>And still, they died. And their friends =
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=80=9Cwe all knew=E2=80=9D it was coming. There is a whole list of characte=
r traits that are indicative of a person going down a path that can lead to=
 an accident =E2=80=93 the list isn=E2=80=99t secret; you can find it in ma=
gazine articles, safety classes, and most pilot training programs. Yet stil=
l =E2=80=93 we see people all the time who we KNOW are going to go and do s=
omething stupid someday with an airplane. And we let them go. And when they=
 die, we talk about what nice guys they were. Yeah, they were nice =E2=80=
=93 but
 they were also WRONG - and now they are DEAD! We need to stop deifying tho=
se who are not good examples, period.<BR><BR>I try to be a nice guy. In fac=
t, if I am remembered for nothing else when I am gone, I would like people =
to remember me as a nice guy. But maybe sometimes, we have to be a little l=
ess =E2=80=9Cnice=E2=80=9D. Maybe we need to challenge one another, and whe=
n we see someone doing something dumb, we need to tell them so. We don=E2=
=80=99t have to be jerks about it. =E2=80=9CHey Bill, you might already be =
aware of this, and I don=E2=80=99t want to sound like a know-it-all, but th=
at fuel line looks awful short to me =E2=80=93 when the engine moves, it co=
uld pull that end right off!=E2=80=9D <BR><BR>Aviation is dangerous, but no=
 more dangerous than any other activity that accelerates a human being to s=
peeds where they will be mush if they come to a sudden stop. What is more d=
angerous is bad judgment, and that is shameful. But what is more shameful i=
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