WASHINGTON — The first sign of trouble with the Drug Enforcement
Administration's new surveillance planes surfaced almost immediately.
On the way from the manufacturer to the agency's aviation
headquarters, one of them veered off a runway during a fuel stop.

The malfunction last spring was only the beginning. A month later, the
windshield unlatched in mid-flight and smashed into the engine. Then,
in a third incident on the same plane, a connection between the
propeller and the engine came loose and forced an emergency landing.

In January, after less than 10 months of operation, the cascade of
mechanical problems forced the DEA to ground the planes.

The planes recently were scheduled to be "cannibalized" so the DEA
could sell the parts and recover as much of its money as possible....

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