43 Inches......Nothing is compromised.
So you are saying that you overload an aircraft by 30% (light twins usually get around this as a dispensation for ferry) and it will not negatively affect its performance?
"How far above maximum weight could you go before all single engine performance is lost and you face ditching on take-off due to a failure".............. Its line ball even below MTOW in most light twins!!
You are quoting on a thread based on a transport certified jet. And yes it is line ball in a light twin at max, but at 30% over max weight your fate is sealed. At least at normal weights you have a chance.
Imagine if this scenario was different and he had overloaded the aircraft had a failure on take-off at V1 and went through the fence on the runway trying to continue?
How much fuel is going to be worthwhile carrying? 100kg over is going to buy no useful time in this situation the result would have been the same.