Milt
I am thankful that I am able to become a member of this exclusive aviation club. (Okay now only one other club I want to join ALT 5280’
) It first hit me as to how fortunate I am when the Transport Canada investigator said, “In my 25 years at this job I’ve seen a few structural failures but have never had the opportunity to ask the pilot any questions, never mind inspect an intact aircraft”
Transport Canada has not come out with a report as of yet and I don’t think I’ll be seeing it for a few more months. From what was said to me about the failure it looks like a crack initiated at a rivet hole witch was not visible if the fin was installed on the plane. My standard “wiggling” of the fin during my morning walk around did not show any amount of flex or play as I remember. One of the main reasons I got the Luscombe was because of its strength and maneuverability. Witch I needed to do low level aerial photography.
Patrick