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Old 13th Mar 2017, 22:21
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Romeo Charlie
 
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Does it matter? And even if he did have problems on take-off doesn't that mean he should have been extra careful during the final manoeuvre?

The fact is that he arrived at the top of that manoeuvre too low and too slow. Regardless of any possible malfunctions of the aircraft he should have recognised this and rolled out, not attempted to carry on. Short of any incapacity he may have suffered on the day (which cannot be ascertained due to him being placed in a coma) it does rather look as it is pilot error due to the simple fact that he didn't abort the manoeuvre by rolling out at the top. OK, he didn't practise such a 'plan B', but that again is, IMHO, pilot error.

As far as I can see the only thing that would have made this not pilot error is if he suffered some sort of medical 'event', but unfortunately it looks like that, even if it occurred, cannot be determined one way or the other.
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