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True. The defense claimed however that he stalled, his wing dropped, and hit the ground pretty much immediately. The plaintiff contest that he at this point realized he wouldn't make the run way, so did a slide to put the plane down in the field before he hit the trees.

The propeller did have scoring and one of the blades was slightly bent, but it looked nothing like the pictures they showed us of propellers at power when they hit the ground. The pictures were out of aircraft investigation manuals rather than hand picked plaintiff photos. The scoring and...

I agree. I knew of the methods of filament testing before hand, so I didn't treat it as an undeniable fact.

By examining the filament. It's never a 100% for sure test, but it usually works decently. They do the same things for headlights in cars for auto-accidents. If a filament is hot (on) at the time of impact, it can bend in the direction of impact. If it is cold (off), it can break or shatter...

Neither side made any reference to that, actually, so I unfortunately can't answer. The plaintiff showed the tach as evidence of engine failure and the defense pretended it didn't exist at all except for in cross where one of their witnesses claimed the needle seemed to be pointing above the 10...

When the trial ended, we were told we could talk about everything except quoting jurors during our decision process. If someone smarter than I knows that this could jeopardize the verdict, please let me know.

I heard it was getting press, so I went googling. :)

Although the NTSB report was not in evidence, it was talked about repeatedly. Lycoming called the Piper and Lycoming investigators that went to the scene and helped create the report as witnesses. So we were aware of what the report said in a summary format. the Lycoming investigator was the...

The needle valve dug a bur in the side of the seat. The bur was big enough/hit the right spot so the flow of fuel couldn't be stoppeed. The plantiff had plenty of examples including service difficulty reports that were sent to Lycoming. Reports that their ex-VP repeatedly dismissed as...

Oops. You are right. I messed up. There goes my claim of reasonable intelligence. :( The needle valve had worn grooves and burs inside the seat and gotten stuck on the way up despite the low usage.

Hello, all. I was a jury member on the case in question. I hope I'm not jumping into hostile territory, but I thought I'd offer to answer any questions. I can talk about anything except for quoting what other jurors said while in deliberation. The accident carb was rebuilt in 1995 and had just...