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This is just the Factual report. It was released 23 June 2009 for an 
accident that happened in late 2007.

The probable cause report will come later.


Bryan Winberry wrote:
> Well, weight and balance, removal of 2 out of 4 props, just the general
> attitude towards compliance. Fudging an hour or two to get to OSH is one
> thing. If he'd had a lot of high performance time, some shortcuts might not
> raise as many questions, but 200 hours in a Cherokee?  I thought the battery
> was determined to be the cause of the accident.  I know it's not spelled out
> here, perhaps I heard/read about it somewhere else. Didn't John Denver meet
> a similar fate?  Something about using vise grips on a fuel selector valve?
>
> This guy overloaded himself, and sometimes "not following procedure" is the
> cause of an accident.
>
> BTW, Good decision Chris M. on figuring your engine problem out after the
> move to NC. 
>
> BW  
>