Originally Posted by
barit1
I think (but cannot say for sure) that the "surface" referred to by NTSB is the
fracture surface. That's the surface the material science people are interested in.
See the early NTSB releases from last year's Chalk's G-73T crash - they included
photos of the lower spar cap fracture surface.
IF that is what they mean, why don't they say that.
I guess because they want to make the report as ambiguous as possible, and aid in the cover up of the facts.
I will mention this at the picnic.
