Originally Posted by
cappt
The two applications of near full nose up deflection (aft stick) of the stab just prior to touchdown drove the mains into the runway.. Yes it was setup pretty good after all the sillyness, should have just let it settle in.
I dont think the pilot did anything wrong. The gear (and specifically the axles) are designed to take harder landings than that and the fact that the rear axle failed points to mechanical failure not pilot error.
If you look at the BA 777 crash at LHR where both landing gear assemblies were ripped off and the right MLG bogie was snapped in half, all the individual axles survived intact.