I do not like unsubsatntiated conjecture particularly when it comes to
sad events that happen to good people.  However, I have been told from a
reliable source who seems to have more than just casual knowledge of the
accident that it may very well have been a stall/spin scenario during
slow flight training.  Read between the lines on the below link and it
sounds quite plausable.  However, I, too, would like to know for sure.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120419X54443&key=1

David

>>> jbarrett@carbinge.com 11/6/2012 8:06 AM >>>
Agreed, Fred,

That was a strange one for sure.  I surmise that perhaps high speed and
wind
shear may have had something to do with it.  Total guess on my part but
have
lost friends to that scenario in the past.  It's fun to rip through
mountain
passes when you have high performance aircraft, but things can end
horribly
if you hit a wall of air going a different direction.

John

 

From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Frederick Moreno
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:39 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Any cause found for IVPT accident?

 




Was any investigation conducted in the accident that killed Harry
League and
his  check pilot, and any definitive cause identified? We need to get
some
lessons from these tragic accidents.  

 

I just lost a friend today in an 80% scale P-51 with a 530 HP Chevy
engine.
It appears the gearbox, which was problematic, failed on take off.
There
having been numerous fatalities with automotive engine conversions, we
can
derive lessons from that approach.   We have got to get accident cause
so we
can take away some lessons.

 

Fred