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I am not sure what happened in this incident....but I have heard of
MANY stall spins from high speed low pass followed by sharp pull
up......I also saw a video of wing flutter during a too fast fast
pass, (and wing depart.)...I have also heard of coutless airplane
accidents attributed to "buzzing"....

The lesson is simple.......Learn from the mistakes of others...you can
greatly increase your odds of not killing yourself if you don't do any
of the above!!

Cookie

I've seen two detailed analyses of fatalities from low passes. In both
cases, it was not the high speed pass itself or the sharp pull up that
caused problems. Instead it was the low speed turn after the pass that
led to a stall spin. After going straight down the runway, both pilots
turned around, didn't get as much altitude as they thought, and were
displaced from the runway by the radius of the turn. A little rudder
to help the turn along, a little back stick because we're not as high
as we thought, and in the glider goes.

This isn't a defense of high speed passes. Just pointing out that if
you do choose to do one, the big trap is what happens when it gets
quiet after the pass and the pull up.

There have also been many crashes from high speed passes that weren't
so high speed. 70 knots, 50 feet, right over the middle of the airport
is a bad place to be.

I hope we get some more details on this one. Does anyone even have a
story?

John Cochrane