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Old 7th Feb 2014, 00:23
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Fox3WheresMyBanana
 
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I'm with FL on this one.

AirPolice's point.
b. Pilots who are slack with paperwork are more likely to crash,

is true in my experience,

but there are a very large number of other factors, as the Board found in this case.
At the root, this accident was caused by it being not generally known that the Seat Pan Handle could be partially raised (I have about 800 hrs on Mk10 seats, and I didn't know this till now) and it not being at all easy to see this, and that the scissor shackle bolt was overtight by 0.009 inches.
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