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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Citation lawsuit
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Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 15:46:11 EST
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> Aviation Consumer just recommended the Citation as the
> safest way to fly yourself from A to B. What was the suit
> about?

This was the crash where pitching star Thurman Munson killed himself
and two passengers while practicing touch-and-goes.  I don't recall
the basis for the lawsuit; through the fog in my head I see vague
images of the single-pilot certification for the Citation.  Maybe
that was it.

More clearly, I remember that the immediate cause of the crash was
that Munson had failed to lower the flaps, and apparently V(ref) is
below V(s1) on the Citation because he stalled while slowing to
final approach speed.  I also remember that one of his passengers
not only wasn't belted in, he wasn't even seated.

As a Cessna 120 pilot, I'm no authority on jets, but I've only heard
good things about the Citation.
-- 
Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug