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Old 7th Jul 2013, 22:18
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The reason the aircraft hit the seawall was not due to lack of a glideslope. It hit he seawall because it had insufficient power during the final phase of the approach and got slow. You can see this in the flightaware data and in the video> (would you intentionally flare for landing over the water?)

The reason the aircraft got slow should not be hard to nail down. This post by suninmyeyes should be worth noting: http://www.pprune.org/7926629-post315.html

The NTSB is on it and we should have detailed answers soon.

All too similar to a RA-5C Vigilante ramp strike I witnessed in days gone by.
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