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Old 21st Apr 2012, 03:59
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The engine and tail have sagged downwards and this is pretty much the standard 210 "stopped flying at 50' AGL" picture, when the thing hits the ground with not much forward speed. This is what you get when a 210 is allowed to float, or balloons up out of ground effect - it stops flying with a big bang !

A dust devil in the Centre will start off quick; all you'll see is a bit of dust flicking sideways and the bushes moving, then the vertical core builds up fast, so if you're landing on top of one you won't get much notice.
The only way to land a 210 is nail constant airspeed + constant aimpoint, but there won't be much of that if you're in a dust devil at 50' !

In the front right NTPFES photo you can see a bit of nose gear door, and partially extended left main crushed backwards into the gear well in the left side photo.
For this to happen, the gear would probably have been in transit when it hit; if it was locked forward then the mains would have been splayed up and out near the doors. It looks like the go-round was on.
The two blade tips are pushed back and not scuffed so it looks like idle power on impact. The bottom blade tip (foward of cowl vent) looks the same, so at least the got the power off before they hit.

Don't worry about Bush Mechanics - he's the one who'll have to fix the thing

Least it wasn't flying on Jet A1 like the other one ...http://www.pprune.org/forums/images/.../eusa_clap.gif
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