Dave Seib writes up the recent accident at Quest Air with Guga
whose Moyes carbon fiber Zoom base base cracked at the corner bracket:
http://www.moyes.com.au/articledetail.asp?ID=297.

1. The base bar has suffered previous damage and had been poorly
repaired.



2. It is most likely the base bar had been damaged again since its last repair.



3. During the last repair, the base bar fitting had not been properly adhered to
the base bar, thereby reducing the structural strength of the unit.



4. During the last repair, the repairs to the carbon base bar shell were
inadequate. Signs of splitting along the shell were evident.



5. The weight of having the fully loaded glider with pilot in the dolly stressed
the already weakened join.

Gerolf is here, and he had an extensive look at the glider. I saw
it in pieces all laid out. Gerolf says that the people who did these repairs
didn't have any idea of what they were doing.