Originally Posted by
artizan.ni
Facebook has 2 interesting videos. The first taken from dashcam footage appears to show what appears to be an engine failure after take off, followed by the pilot doing the 'impossible turn' in faint hopes of trying to make it back to the airfield. As we now know, his attempt was not successful.
The second clip was from drone footage after the incident with emergency services on scene. This showed a very small impact area suggesting a near vertical impact.
I'm not convinced about the direct relevance of the dashcam footage you're referring to. I'm not discounting it, but just not convinced it's the smoking gun. Not sure how to add images - if you put these co-ordinates into google maps they should drop a pin. The dashcam footage was shot from the Comber road at approximately these co-ordinates: 54.567277839138015, -5.701055279179178. This is in the region of the 03 end of the runway and the aircraft was seen turning to the north then potentially the east. The aircraft crashed at approximately these co-ordinates: 54.584909787099406, -5.682672579532013. This is in the region of the 21 end of the runway. If the dashcam footage is footage of the incident, then some questions have to be asked. How did he get, from a relatively low level, from one end of the runway to the other, and beyond while turning? Why did he significantly overshoot the approach for 21 and ended up where he did? There were atleast 2 almost identical aircraft (except colour) flying at around the same time, the dashcam footage may be of a different plane.
From the drone footage and videos it appears to be a significant impact and (slight speculation) I wouldn't be surprised if it was the result of a spin.