-NTSB Identification: SEA02LA072

           Accident occurred Sunday, April 21, 2002 at Creswell, OR
                                Aircraft:Gallagher Taylor "Coot",

registration: N41RG

                                       Injuries: 1 Fatal.
First the metering pump has absolutely nothing to do with oiling the

bearings.

The function of the metering pump is taken over in aircraft use by mixing
two cycle oil with the fuel.

A failed or missing metering pump will NOT cause the engine to seize.

Your tax money at work. Why can't we find competent government employees?

Perhaps the people at the top don't know anything about airplanes.

I can't even find an email address on the NTSB web site to complain too.

I would be glad to offer my services for free in any future crashes

involving

auto engines.

Paul Lamar

If these are the professionals (experts) that determine the cause of an
accident --- the aviation community is in big trouble.  What troubles me
the most is that the Mazda (specialist) goes along with this
diagnostic.  It must be the first time he looked inside a 13b, he got to
be the Mazda sales person.  That is scary!

Rino

Look at this from the Mazda rep's position.. "YAY it has been modified! now
it is someone else's fault and Mazda won't get the bad rep for it"  ... not a
stupid person.
...Chrissi

Cozy Mk-IV 13B-turbo
 www.CozyGirrrl.com
Chrissi@BlueMountainAvionics.com

Yes but does that further the goals of the NTSB? Therein lies the problem.
The NTSB should be smart enough to determine this for themselves and not
rely on people with vested interest. I have seen this happen before in crash cases.
A case of letting the cat baby sit the canary.

Paul Lamar
 
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