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Old 24th Jan 2014, 03:18
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Originally Posted by Dash8100
The post crash pictures shows the nose gear and elevators missing. Could the first bounce have been so severe that the nose gear came off, taking out one/both elevator(s)?
The nose gear strut is visible in its normal position after the bounce as the aircraft is in its final dive. You can see it silhouetted against darker background in the slow-mo version.

The rotation nose down is abrupt and it appears that the aircraft is still climbing for a while despite the significant nose down attitude!

Before the abrupt nose down pitch, the attitude is very stable nose up for a few seconds. I'm inclined to believe that this is the stick pusher at work.
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