Crashing after Log and Transfer

I am experiencing a FCP crash after using Log and Transfer to import P2 files. The material is on an external FW800 drive. I go to Add Custom Path in the Log and Transfer dialog box, point the software to the CONTENTS folder of each captured P2 card, the list populates with the clips, I drag the files into the que, and they import as usual. All is well and good until I X out of Log and Transfer, and when I do that, FCP crashes. I have not experienced this when capturing directly from a camera. This has happened over and over since beginning this project, and we are still yet to get all the material into the machine for editing.
Also, in case it is pertinent, I am using a MacBook Pro 2.2 GHz Core i7 machine with 8GB RAM.
Any ideas or has anyone else experienced this? Thanks in advance!
-Van

First thing I'd try is trashing your preferences. Google preference manager from digital rebellion. It's a free download and in invaluable. It's so cool you'll WANT to pay for it. It allows you to store a good set of preferences, trash them when they get funky and then restore the good set, including all the cool stuff you created.
ANYWAY, I'm in the habit of saving every which way from Tuesday after something interesting has happened, like a capture or L&T. I know that's not a solution, but a best practice. hopefully a pref trash will set you right.

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Whenever I try to use log and transfer to import a clip FCP crashes. Here's some info on my system
Mac Pro 6 Core 3.33GHz 8GB RAM
FCP 7.0.3
Mac OS 10.6.4
Source footage is AVCHD recorded to SD card from a Sony NX5U
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I have tried different cards, different cameras (same model), and different computers and all do the same thing.
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Process: Final Cut Pro [391]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: 7.0.3 (7.0.3)
Build Info: FCPApp-1008261348~8
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [189]
Date/Time: 2010-10-07 16:35:12.845 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2521)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 44
Application Specific Information:
* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSMallocException', reason: '* -[NSConcreteMutableData appendBytes:length:]: unable to allocate memory for length (82341)'
* Call stack at first throw:
44 CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 0x0103389a ZN8MIOGraph15PullOutputUnitsEbRbS0_S0 + 348
Thread 44 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x978daa07 __TERMINATING_DUE_TO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION__ + 7
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x94bca509 objcexceptionthrow + 56
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9788f8e8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 136
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9788f85a +[NSException raise:format:] + 58
4 com.apple.Foundation 0x91cb9835 _NSMutableDataGrowBytes + 1154
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x91cb9343 -[NSConcreteMutableData appendBytes:length:] + 75
6 com.apple.AVCHDPlugin 0x49499cd1 0x49489000 + 68817
7 com.apple.AVCHDPlugin 0x49493db3 0x49489000 + 44467
8 com.apple.proapps.MIO 0x00faa2cb TundraPluginCallbackProc + 355
9 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b87d44 TundraUnitHALInputEntry + 12756
10 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
11 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
12 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
13 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba44ff TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 11138
14 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
15 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
16 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
17 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
18 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
19 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
20 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
21 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
22 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
23 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
24 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
25 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8ffe1 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 16266
26 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
27 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
28 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
29 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba44ff TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 11138
30 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
31 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
32 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
33 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47ba5f6a TundraUnitMPEG2MuxEntry + 17901
34 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
35 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b546bf TundraUnitMPEG2DemuxEntry + 22037
36 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b8f5e6 TundraUnitVDIGInputEntry + 13711
37 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47bb262a TundraUnitAudioOutputEntry + 18972
38 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47b2037d 0x47b13000 + 54141
39 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47bb1ed8 TundraUnitAudioOutputEntry + 17098
40 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47bb1e7e TundraUnitAudioOutputEntry + 17008
41 com.apple.TundraComponent 0x47bc9519 TundraUnitBFrameFileOutputEntry + 25068
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45 ....CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 0x010345d4 MIOGraph::PullAndProcessThreadEntry() + 632
46 ....CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 0x010356db MIOGraph::_PullAndProcessThread(MIOThreadPriv*) + 495
47 ....CoreMediaIOServicesPrivate 0x01041433 start_thread + 61
48 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95bd281d pthreadstart + 345
49 libSystem.B.dylib 0x95bd26a2 thread_start + 34
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