X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:50 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.stoel.com ([198.36.178.142] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.6) with SMTP id 3085470 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:46:05 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.36.178.142; envelope-from=JJHALLE@stoel.com Received: from gateway1.stoel.com ([198.36.178.141]) by mail.stoel.com (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2008082010471307669 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:47:13 -0800 Received: from PDX-SMTP.stoel.com (unknown [172.16.103.137]) by gateway1.stoel.com (Firewall Mailer Daemon) with ESMTP id 06207AF0AB for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:47:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PDX-MX6.stoel.com ([172.16.103.64]) by PDX-SMTP.stoel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:45:27 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: 99L X-Original-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:45:27 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <17E9FE5945A57A41B4D8C07737DB607209AB796F@PDX-MX6.stoel.com> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: 99L Thread-Index: AckCq9jfokC1vBZvSbyve5yuHp0eiAAPcmxQ References: From: "Halle, John" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Aug 2008 17:45:27.0892 (UTC) FILETIME=[884AF140:01C902EC] Russell writes: "Once, I completed the required time for the insurance company, I did not want to get back into 99L. I felt the mechanical condition of the aircraft was questionable and the airframe structural integrity was weekend because of all the cycles it has been through." For what it is worth, the reason for the 99L crash was a catastrophic engine failure that occurred without warning. The engine was a stock IO-540 that I think was purchased from Lycoming as a factory reman and was less than a year old. As far as I know, it would have happened in any aircraft and had nothing to do with 99L or its state of maintenance. It's not very common but once in a while there is an accident that has nothing to do with pilot or maintenance error. This was one of them.