This is all good, but it doesn't address the real failure. Fuel
purchase records and witness accounts show that Denver didn't have
sufficient fuel to make the trip. The position of the lever was
secondary as was his ability to "Aviate, Navigate and Communicate".
Improper preflight planning was his mistake as he was (almost certainly)
completely out of gas.
Read the final NTSB report here:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Aviation/LAX/98A008.htm
Most importantly, his crash has nothing to do with the airworthiness of
a canard. The originator of this thread was just trolling.
-Ben
N1101G (a Mooney 201)
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