Earlier this year, Paul Conner, a well-known figure in the canard homebuilt community, was killed in an accident in his SQ2000 plane not long after taking off from his home airport.
Because Paul was a highly-experienced pilot and builder, his death led to much soul-searching and introspection in the canard homebuilt community; if it could happen to Paul, it could happen to any of us.
Mark Zeitlin and several other owner/builders decided to conduct their own accident investigation in order to determine the cause(s) of the accident. Their report has been published here.
The report shows that, as is usual for many fatal accidents, several issues and events probably overlapped to result in Paul's tragic demise.