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Old 23rd May 2018, 20:54
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Badger3434
 
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Originally Posted by Onceapilot
Ultimately, it did not flare. Without trawling for the report, the Captain was doing a "senior officer" demo/training flight, the A/L selection was made close to the airfield and A/L functionality was never fully achieved or indicated. However, the aircraft was allowed to fly hands off to impact, on a CAT1 only ILS! Left wing false spar cracked, aircraft bounced/rolled into a non standard gear-down fully configured visual circuit and lost 4t fuel before landing.

OAP
Does anyone have a link to the accident report? I assume there was one...
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