https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...e-crash-cambridge-ohio-paul-emaus/5273172002/
I didn't see this posted. Pilot died the next day. RIP.
I didn't see this posted. Pilot died the next day. RIP.
This is why a number of FSDOs are pretty skeptical these days about ferry permits. Knew of a situation where even the mechanic wanted to ferry a plane after a propstrike that didn't even leave visible scratches on the prop and the FAA flat out wouldn't allow it, but after the teardown was done it proved the right decision.
1. This crash was apparently the exact opposite of your scenario. The feds wouldn't sign a ferry permit after the prop strike, they made the dude do the teardown where it bellied in. He did it with continental, hung the motor, then because he's such a rule-follower, he honored the ferry permit that refused him test flight permission and tried to scoot to the place to complete the sheet metal repairs. The guy apparently even verified with the FSDO that if there was no gear-up belly damage that NO teardown would be required for airworthiness, but they insisted he perform this for the purpose of the flight permit.
2. If the feds are so skittish about ferry permits, maybe they should lean on the mechanics who approve them wrongly, rather than denying them and being a freaking obstacle and second-guessing the people they oversee/certify.
3. From the grand comfort of my armchair, that inspector should be hanged, or at least sued out of existence. Because feds, though, neither are remotely likely and this sort of interference will continue. He will enjoy his pensioned largesse eventually and likely continue obstructing sensible processes "because reasons"
Facepalm emoji on this whole thing. IMO.
Yikes. If any of the backstory scenario you imply in your point #1 is true, holy s--t that agency has absolutely jumped the shark.