Originally Posted by
A0283
@lemme - have you already reached a stage where you have an estimated speed just before impact ?
There is no way to know as the transponder reports stopped nearly 8,000 above the crash site. I would assume the speed of about 125 KCAS would have been maintained.
If it had been flaps up gear down, the airplane would have been flying more like 195 KCAS. Just for reference, as it appears they were flaps&gear down.
Correcting for 7,000 feet altitude, that is 140/215 KTAS.
Vertical speed flaps up gear down would be about 3,500 fpm.
Assuming the same for flaps down, for I have no other data, it would be about 2,400 fpm.
There was a slight headwind which would reduce the ground speed.