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I think they would just be concentrating on trying to maintain enough airspeed to keep flying (not stalling ,which even at 50ft would not be a good idea) whilst avoiding anything big and solid immediately in their flight path if the aircraft energy allowed them. Finally there is not so much difference between stalling speed and say a buffer of 15-20kts (to ensure control) in terms of the "landing roll", a bigger issue is the potential for an unchecked rapid pitch down of the nose if you do stall, which may have been the killer here for the guys in the front. Given the location of the horizontal tailplane after the accident, it is obvious that from the initial impact no pitch control remained of course.
Don't think no matter how cool headed the Capt he would be planning as you suggested, with or without power or sufficient airspeed I think he would merely be trying to make as soft as possible the off airport landing to try & save his own & everyone elses neck. Simple as that.
Last edited by captplaystation; 26th Feb 2009 at 13:31.