At 05:12 PM 11/9/2009, you wrote: >See http://www.krnet.org/crashes/vh-dub1.jpg and >http://www.krnet.org/crashes/vh-dub2.jpg +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I'm wondering what there was about the landing / impact that caused the fuselage to break apart at the rear spar. From the several KR crashes that I have been unfortunate enough to inspect post crash, it appears that when the nose strikes first the weak area is very near the forward spar. In several of the more severe impacts, the entire cockpit area was fractured, separated, splinted, and just generally destroyed. That may have absorbed a lot of the energy so I can't say if that's good or bad. Of the three I've personally inspected in the last two years there was just one fatality. That one went into the woods at a very steep angle of maybe up to 45 degrees. Only a miracle would have saved the pilot in that one. I don't want to see any more so let's fly safely, o.k.? Larry Flesner
