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Old 9th Aug 2016, 19:56
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FullWings
 
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I'd be hard pressed to believe that any landing could result in a 150 ft. bounce.
I was thinking about this accident flying back across the pond this morning.

It appears there were some GAs by other aircraft prior to the event itself. A tailwind on approach turning to a headwind on landing is a positive shear and leads to increasing IAS, the auto throttle reducing power and a tendency to get high and/or float.

If a GA was initiated due to instability or landing deep, the IAS might have been quite high, so if you went to a GA pitch attitude, there might indeed be c.150’ worth of climb there (triggering a "positive rate") even with the engines at approach idle. After that the speed would wash off and the aircraft sink back towards the runway. If the pitch was raised further approaching the deck you’d get a bit of cushioning from going back into ground effect and a tail strike near the stalling angle...
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