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Old 15th Mar 2014, 14:32
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pattern_is_full
 
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Gonna have to wait for some more details on this one.

I can see a "fr'instance" where they catch a headwind gust just around V1 (doesn't have to be classic "microburst wind shear", just a gust), that boosts airspeed enough for an unintentional liftoff in ground effect.

Just as the PIC is thinking "abort" due to vibration and bang of nose tire failure. Maybe he puts in a little nose-down pitch just as the gust fades away - or maybe he doesn't, but the loss of the wind (coincidentally just as they get high enough to clear ground effect) puts her down hard anyway.

Bouncy-bouncy-CRUNCH. Fortunately the AB survives better than the jet at Aspen.
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