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Old 27th Aug 2008, 04:08
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justme69
 
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I would like to ask the golden question to pilots of MD-82 or similar planes.

In your opinion, *assuming perfectly working engines and no reverser deployment*, *assuming no windshear*, and assuming said airplane took around 500m more of air strip than estimated as normal for its
(pretended) configuration to lift-off (i.e. it took longer to accelerate to speed than predicted or it rotated for longer than "it should've" or a combination of both, etc), what is the most likely cause of a fully loaded airplane like that being able to become airborne for 3-5 seconds but yet just "fall" after rolling left & right and w/o an experienced crew being able to do much about it on time?

Again, let's assume both engines were working properly and reversers were never deployed, just for the scope of this question.

Thank you in advance.
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