Originally Posted by
Skillie
Uganda: Entebbe Plane Disaster Blamed On Human Error
The Monitor (Kampala)
15 February 2008
Tabu Butagira
Kampala
AFTER four months of intensive work with forensic examinations across three continents, investigators into the September 26, 2007 fatal plane crash at Entebbe International airport have concluded that human error apparently caused the 8-seater Cessna aircraft to crash.
Human error yes but not from the pilot as this strange "report" is implying.
From the rumor mill:
The day or night before the accident another aircraft was parked tail to tail with the 406.
This aircraft (don't know its type) either conducted a run up or moved in such a way that during the process its blast badly banged up ZS-NVD's elevator.
Damages were done in such a way that Erard couldn't notice it during his walk around.....And couldn't keep control the 406's attitude after take off...
There is a lot of similarities with Air Moréa Twin Otter crash in Tahiti.
Jet-blast damaged elevator cables on crashed Moorea Twin Otter
So, watch where you park your kit and remember to keep an eye where your blast is going.
And someone will have to explain me how they could come to the conclusion that a rudder trim set to full left position was the cause of this crash ?
Eye witnesses said that the 406 went up stalled a first time, recovered, went up a second time stalled again and crashed! Or something like this.