Sorry, I knew the time when he went missing, I meant to type 24 hrs, but the old sleep-deprived brain came out with 48.
What is it about aerocommanders, that there's a surprising number that have lost wings outboard of the engine nacelles, or just vanished into the sea/jungle, with consequent inability to determine the reason for the loss?
Do they catch out young pilots with pitch trim malfunctions when the auto-pilot is engaged? Or are the wing spars still just plain susceptible to failure?
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...400610_001.pdf
http://www.casa.gov.au/airworth/pape...ocommander.pdf