I?ve just added the following to the rules section (
http://www.vansairforce.net/rules.htm) of the site:
?Threads speculating about the causes of a crash/incident are not allowed here. Once the governing agency?s PROBABLE CAUSE or FINAL REPORT has been listed online, then we can discuss it until we are blue in the face, hopefully learning something that will make flying safer for us.?
I just took a moment to visit the NTSB accident page (
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/index.aspx) and selected the following criteria:
- Category: ?Airplane?
- Amateur Built: ?Yes?
- Model: ?RV?
- Report Status: ?Probable Cause?
It returned (
525) results that we can discuss and learn from if you so choose - dragged and dropped into my spreadsheet software. The same information is available to everyone. Discuss these all you want, and learn! Any recent accident is most likely very similar to dozens of accidents in the past, accidents that have already gone through the investigation process, etc.
Partial screen capture of my thirty second query:
If you would like to speculate here on a recent accident, don?t. Instead I would suggest you set your phone?s alarm to remind you in about six to nine months to go to
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/index.aspx and do a refresh. The probable cause document may very well be online at that point.
I?m closing this thread now, as the ?we are glad you are alive? replies morphed in great part into a discussion of how and why the site is run like it is.
Thank you,
Doug Reeves (site owner)