It looks like they tried to go after they left the runway.
The runway skid marks show that the tyres were intact and braking when they left the runway so its not a main gear tyre failure.
But there is no other obvious drag device deployment - the TRs look like they are still stowed and the Ground Spoilers dont look deployed.
The main gear furrows after the runway end stop almost coincidentally with the loss of the nose gear as if the braking stopped (lost the hydraulics?).
After that point (with no brakes) there are obvious brown singe marks from both engines (both producing thrust) on the grass from high thrust at a high nose angle just before it hit the approach light berm.
Fire then started from that point.
In an abort in the GIV, if the throttles arent pulled to a point very close to the idle stops then Ground Spoilers arent available and Reverse Thrust requires the throttles to be at the idle stops. If they arent back then residual forward thrust will not be helping the attempt to stop either.
What a terrible little gulley to have just off the end of the runway - a survivable and slow impact here probably caused the breakup and fire.
Were the crew experienced GIV guys?
Last edited by ramble on; 3rd Jun 2014 at 11:02.