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[Kevin Wood]

Sounded like due to loss of power that it eventually stalled and dropped.

That figures. Guess he was trying to stretch the glide and didn't quite make it. That explains why the undercarriage didn't just collapse but went through the wing.   I guess it hit the ground with a fair bit of vertical speed!

Still, could have been worse. A couple of knots less and it'd have crashed outside the airport boundary.

Worrying that a twin can lose both engines and all avionics at once though Guess there'll be some questions asked about that one!

Kinda makes me wonder if he got his fuel calculations right.


Kevin

[Weds]

Definition of a good pilot, is one who has as many landings as take off's..

[TheBoy]

Sounded like due to loss of power that it eventually stalled and dropped.

That figures. Guess he was trying to stretch the glide and didn't quite make it. That explains why the undercarriage didn't just collapse but went through the wing.   I guess it hit the ground with a fair bit of vertical speed!

Still, could have been worse. A couple of knots less and it'd have crashed outside the airport boundary.

Worrying that a twin can lose both engines and all avionics at once though Guess there'll be some questions asked about that one!

Kinda makes me wonder if he got his fuel calculations right.


Kevin

I thought fuel.  But then a few eye witnesses said the engines were making a lot of noise.  Wonder if it was a (multiple?) failure in the systems that control the engines/controls?

[tunnie]

Sounded like due to loss of power that it eventually stalled and dropped.

That figures. Guess he was trying to stretch the glide and didn't quite make it. That explains why the undercarriage didn't just collapse but went through the wing.   I guess it hit the ground with a fair bit of vertical speed!

Still, could have been worse. A couple of knots less and it'd have crashed outside the airport boundary.

Worrying that a twin can lose both engines and all avionics at once though Guess there'll be some questions asked about that one!

Kinda makes me wonder if he got his fuel calculations right.


Kevin

I thought fuel.  But then a few eye witnesses said the engines were making a lot of noise.  Wonder if it was a (multiple?) failure in the systems that control the engines/controls?

I wonder if the control systems are made by windows?  

Could be autopilot issue?

Remember that brand new Airbus that went down, russian airliner, he let his kids into the cockpit  

Kid 'played' with the yoke, although it was on Autopiliot, but if the joke was held in a position for so long, it override the autopilot.

They do land planes fully automatically now...

[TheBoy]

I wonder if the control systems are made by windows?  

Or worse still, Linux!

[Dazzler]

The thing only just missed my car which is in the carpark you can see in pics by the grass.

[Andy B]

.... but if the joke was held in a position for so long, it override the autopilot.......

That what happens with Grey Funnel Line. Going back to the days when the Torre Canyon ran aground, at night, in Cornwall, it was cos no one knew how to turn off the auto pilot.

[CaptainZok]

Crank Sensor?

[Andy B]

Crank Sensor?

If not, it'll be the ECU!