Mechanical failure on Dr Bruce Kennedy plane crash?
Quote selected text Published July 24th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Control cables were broken in the NASCAR plane that crashed into two suburban homes, killing five people earlier this month, federal investigators said Tuesday.
Inspectors found several breaks in the cables running through the right wing and forward fuselage of the twin-engine Cessna 310 that crashed July 10 in Sanford, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
However, the report did not speculate on whether the cables broke before or during the crash, and did not specify what parts of the aircraft those cables would have controlled.
The cause of the crash will not be determined for several months, officials said.
“They’re just verifying what they can in the wreckage,” NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said.
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sounds like murder to me, some one wanted these people dead and it is not natural for that many brakelines on a fusealage to be cut or even broken.
That was kind of my thought as well; lord I hope not, that would make
it even more difficult for the families and they’ve been through
enough.
I was thinking more along the lines of neglect, not murder.
Uh oh. Better get Maaco!
i know a little about planes. sounds to me like they are talking about he cables that control the ailerons. if that is the case, they could easily have been broken in the crash.
D.Johnson, I think you’re right. I have my private license, and that’s what I gathered as well. They are talking about the cables that connect to the wing to control the ailerons, which if they were broken before the crash the pilot would have noticed.
In theory it’s part of your pre-flight walkaround as well as pre-takeoff checks to ensure that all your control surfaces are working. My guess would be either they broke in flight and that was a contributing factor to the crash, or they broke as a result of the crash. I seriously doubt they were sabotaged, and if they were and the pilot didn’t notice, then he’s a moron.
-Jeff
Thanks for the insight from people who know planes; I do not in the
slightest, hence my assumption.
And NASCAR made a settlement on the plane crash and this guy is nothing more than a gold digger.
Reporters should just leave stuff like this alone.