What McGinty writes in his last post doesn't square with what Bill Fowler of the TSB stated, as quoted by Capt. KAOS on Oct 15 (p. 5 of this thread):
“There is an indication the aircraft was barely airborne,” Mr. Fowler said at a news conference. “The scrape trail disappears just before the berm.”
Mr. Fowler said the trail struck for the first time about 250 metres from the end of the 2,700-metre runway, then again with about 170 metres to go.
“The indication is there was prolonged contact of the aft fuselage with the runway and off the end of the runway,” he said.
About 300 metres beyond the end of the runway, the tail then struck the earthen mound topped by an antenna and snapped.
“That is what caused the tail to break away from the rest of the airplane … ,” he said. It came to rest near the berm.
Is McGinty now claiming that the main wheels, as well as the tail section, hit the berm?
Rockhound