Mustang Collision Oshkosh

Blueskies

If you look close at clip, you will see the main gear hit and then
bounced off runway. Immediately after the main gear hit the tail wheel
went rapidally down and hit the runway. The tail going down so fast is
further indication that the pilot put in up elevator to go around and
the power then pulled the nose to the high attitude that we all could
see.

I can see from clip that elevator was in an up position as nose
started up.

Then the overrun and the wing tip and elevator hitting lead to the
rest of the accident sequence.

If anyone can shoot me down have at it. I'm just looking at what I can
see and making my personal opinion from lots of accident investigation
experience with heavy iron.

Dudley

Come on in and give us your opinion now afer running the clip multiple
times.

I asked MX a series of technical questions and he let them slide.
Guess he is one of the trolls active here ( I'll put him on the
list.

Big John

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:05:02 -0400, "Blueskies"
wrote:


"Big John" wrote in message ...
Blueskies

Tnx for clip.

From what I could see, #1 was flat and made a wheel landing.

#2 was high and you could see the prop blades turning which meant he
was at idle or very close to it tryig to slow down and lose the excess
altitude.

From what I then saw, #2 overran #1 and at the last minute he tried to
go around and put power on and pulled the nose up. About that time his
right wing underan the left stablizer of #1 and that threw #2 into a
steep right bank with up elevator and high power.

From that point it was preordained and the crash resulted.

This may be wrong but is as I saw it in the clip.



#2 right wing under the left stab also explains #1 pitching down...

It is good to be able to examine this sort of accident with this level of detail...may save someone some day...

Dan D.