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There is more going on here than is in the report... if it were simply a line of thrust relative to tailplane incidence problem... he probably would not have gotten off the ground... as it was though, he managed to climb to 2000'... then run into problems.
From my own experience, when it comes to light plane accidents, the FAA inspector will look for something obvious, jump on that, and move on to the next accident.
I would not doubt that a -12 degree thrust angle would have a significant impact upon performance... but, somehow, he managed to lift off, climb to 2000', then (it appears) mush his way back down to the ground. Therefore, I would think that the problem is much more complex than is addressed in the accident report.
We can all sit here and do a lot of second guessing and supposing... but unless we can get Mr. Krueger to jump in and add to the discussion, I don't think we'll get anywhere.
Rob
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