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Old 8th Dec 2008, 05:37
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TwoTango
 
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From the look of the aircraft wreckage, it is a right-off. The pilot is quite lucky not to have been as well - apparently just a broken leg or something along those lines. Like everyone I'm sure, I was glad to hear it wasn't another fatal accident.

what i heard was he had hard bouncing touchdown on first landing and went around, and on upwind reported emergency saying aircraft was shaking badly and crashlanded on second attempt. i suspect he had prop strick on first landing.
That's pretty much along the lines of what I heard too.

Makes you wonder though, would a more traditional aircraft like a 152 have handled the initial wheelbarrow and hard landing better, and would it have been easier to repair. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for new aircraft, but at the same time, I tend to wonder whether the design pendulum has swung too far towards performance from durability...

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