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Courtney Mil
 
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Originally Posted by The Old Fat One
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Recommend reading the entire report before taking the media's word for it; they don't have a particularly good record when it comes to aviation reporting. At over 400 pages, I suspect they have just read the summary so far.
TBH, there is absolutely no need for the vast majority of interested aviators (and ex aviators) to read "the entire report".

Anyone who cannot deduct the general flight safety lessons from the summary and conclusions of this accident report should not hold a pilots licence, as they don't have the necessary mindset/effective intelligence to be in command in the air, in anything other than perhaps a hot air balloon (no offence meant to balloonists).

The detailed report is for the benefit of those involved in the operation, planning and authorization of this type of flying activity and that is a pretty niche field.
If you feel you don't need to base your assumptions on the entire report, or just can't be bothered to read it, then you are missing a LOT of facts. The report explains the limitations of the evidence available and the contradictory evidence from various sources. Altitude and airspeed data and engine performance are just two of these, which are important factors.

The established facts, the tolerances of acquired data and the limitations of the evidence available are far from being a niche field. There is a lot of evidence in the body of the report that do not entirely match the summary - and I'm only half way through reading it so far.

Just to offer an example: "Disassembly of the Mk 30B and further testing identifed an open circuit across the rotor windings of the synchro-transmitter. It also confirmed that the power failure flag had come off its pivots, probably as a result of the accident impact.
Disassembly of the synchro-transmitter, and examination under a digital stacking microscope, identifed that one of the input wires to the rotor winding was broken, which could account for the open circuit. This damage was probably not accident related, but there was no way to determine how long this condition had existed."

And: "Cockpit video evidence indicated that the g-meter was not working during the accident flight". There's lots of information like that in the body of the report. But your expert examination of a summary would clearly dismiss that as relevant.
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