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Old 6th Mar 2008, 12:35
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wilyflier
 
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To deviate slightly( I havent read all the posts)
I have seen one take off and one landing crash where everyone died after the aircraft got too low and touiched a vital part of the structure subsequently going into pullup and uncontrolled flight.Snce then Ive always had it in mind that, knowing I had such an unexpected contact, I would put the aicraft down at once regardless
Hind sight says that on this occasion the go around was successful , probably the pilot did not know if they had touched. If he HAD stuffed it down it would have been very messy .Ive also seen a couple which did stay on the ground with good passenger survival ; my personal rule stands for me as the safest bet.
Hindsight also says i would have called go around far earlier
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