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Old 10th Oct 2019, 23:25
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tartare
 
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Miraculous that he got out.

1.4.233. Within one second of the additional roll reversal the application of left aileron rapidly reduced from 7.4° to 1.2°, and the tailplane from -13.1° to 0.2°, indicating a control column movement close to the neutral position. In the Panel's opinion, the decision to actively push the control column towards neutral or release it, indicated that R3 was no longer attempting to pitch the aircraft up and recover the aircraft from its descending flightpath, and was probably reaching for the ejection handle'. This action occurred 0.85 sec before impact at a height of 62 ft

R3 ejected from the aircraft 0.52 sec before impact. The ejection was initiated at approximately 38 ft above ground level with 4.6° pitch nose up, 21° right AOB and at 148 kts; the aircraft was descending at 73 ft/sec. R3 perceived the situation dramatically switching from being 'okay' to not, with a realisation that the aircraft was going to hit the ground.
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