Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #48462
From: Halle, John <JJHALLE@stoel.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: 99L
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:50 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
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.
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