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Just a brief note:
Counting only the sixty-three 235 and 320 accidents, eleven of the crashes (17.5%) resulted from the pilot pulling his wing past it's stall angle of attack, for whatever reason.
This is defining "cause" as the last effective act of a pilot prior to him losing control. Most of these AOA accidents occurred at too low an altitude to permit possible recovery.
It would be interesting to find out how many of these aircraft had AOAs installed.
Generally, an airplane's wing flies (hands off) at the (unstalled) trim angle, no matter what the attitude. Pilot input is required to bring a wing to an AOA above stall.
Discussion is invited.
Terrence L235/320 N211AL
On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:00 PM, William Rumburg wrote:
> Lee Metcalfe took time and effort to update the Lancair Accident Summary he created several years ago. I'm submitting it for him since he is no longer active on the LML. It's for all of our benefit...read and heed
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> Bill Rumburg
> N403WR (Sonic bOOm)
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