San Luis Obispo "Petition" NTSB response

The following letter is an html representation of the reply I received regarding my "Petition for Reconsideration" letter of February 27, 2000. To review the portion of my web site that deals strictly with the San Luis Obispo midair, go to "Reasonable Doubt." However, it is recommended that to understand what is discussed in that section (i.e. to understand how the computer software logic could allow an aircraft that is detected by radar to NOT be displayed to the controller), it is best to review my Slide Show, and/or read the papers I have authored, entitled "Selective Rejection of Low Altitude Radar Data at Air Route Traffic Control Centers: An Unsatisfactory Compromise" and/or "Real Targets-Unreal Displays: The Inadvertent Suppression of Critical Radar Data." By reading the papers and/or reviewing the Slide Show, one will have a better understanding of the San Luis Obispo midair discussion "Reasonable Doubt." The following letter was received on April 7, 2000...

National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, D.C. 20594

APR 04 2000

Office of the Chairman

Mr. Thomas G. Lusch
2185 Olde Sawmill Boulevard
Dublin, Ohio 43016-8221

Dear Mr. Lusch:

Thank you for your February 27, 2000, letter in which you asked the National
Transportation Safety Board to reconsider the probable cause of the August 24, 1984 midair
collision of Wings West Airlines flight 628 and a Rockwell Commander 112TC near San Luis
Obispo, California.

The Safety Board will reconsider the probable cause of an accident if the Board has made
a mistake in logic during the original investigation or if new evidence arises that would
precipitate a change in probable cause. Your offer to have the Board read your Web site did not
provide the evidentiary material needed for us to proceed. Much of the material on your
Web site does not apply to this specific midair collision, and we do not have the resources
available to extract what may be factually pertinent to that accident.

It is likely that many of the records and the people involved in the original investigation
may no longer be available since the accident's occurrence 16 years ago; therefore, the package
of factual material must be complete and logically presented.

Thank you for your interest in aviation safety.

Sincerely,

Jim Hall

Chairman

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