Originally Posted by
bingofuel
I can recall reading of an incident, I am quite sure it was a Citation in England around the years you speak of, flown single pilot, which had a very slow to erect LHS attitude indicator.
The pilot rushed the departure and allegedly took off utilising the RHS attitude indicator whilst flying from the left seat. Clearly knowing these facts imply it was not a fatal accident, but it must have become some form of serious incident which he managed to recover from, with a subsequent investigation, otherwise no one would have known!
Could this be what you remember?
Now I'm even more confused. Are we now saying the aircraft in the original post didn't crash, after all?