Another low level barrel roll nearly goes west

[Herod]

Ego is a Flight Safety Hazard

[Video Mixdown]

Originally Posted by dead_pan

Looks like they were on the downwind leg trying to save the a/c

Rapid pitch down because it stalled when the damaged engines quit? Strangely similar to PIA 8303, which scraped its engines down the runway then stalled in the circuit when they failed because of the damage.

[212man]

Originally Posted by Video Mixdown

Rapid pitch down because it stalled when the damaged engines quit? Strangely similar to PIA 8303, which scraped its engines down the runway then stalled in the circuit when they failed because of the damage.

Pretty sure that was not a stall. More like loss of control caused by damaged controls from the fire - hydraulic lines, control rods/cables etc.

[Lonewolf_50]

Originally Posted by dead_pan

Also, WTF was that manoeuvre?

Appears to have been an attempt at an aileron roll, or maybe a series of them, that went wrong.
I think Fortissimo put it succinctly:

What is not in doubt is that aileron rolls at low level bring a risk which escalates markedly if they are in any way loaded, don't start with a pitch up, or are continued beyond the first 360deg of roll.

[DogTailRed2]

How many pilots have bought the farm performing rolls that end up in a downward trajectory?

[megan]

Pretty sure that was not a stall. More like loss of control caused by damaged controls from the fire - hydraulic lines, control rods/cables etc

Engine fire burning through the control rods lead to the death of one of our A-4 pilots when he was flying a two seat Mig 15, no bang seats, took off turned down wind, and it was all over, extremely quick event.

[Captain Dart]

Originally Posted by megan

Engine fire burning through the control rods lead to the death of one of our A-4 pilots when he was flying a two seat Mig 15, no bang seats, took off turned down wind, and it was all over, extremely quick event.

R.I.P., ‘Clump’.