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June 18th 12, 08:07 PM
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If it is not the cause, must be to main contributing factor. I just find it hard to believe that it is unrelated. What a tragedy Ramy From the images, it appears the tail dolly may have been attached so the handle could be used as a lift point for one of the straps. FW 
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June 18th 12, 08:21 PM
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On Monday, June 18, 2012 2:07:03 PM UTC-5, Frank Whiteley wrote:
If it is not the cause, must be to main contributing factor. I just find it hard to believe that it is unrelated. What a tragedy Ramy From the images, it appears the tail dolly may have been attached so the handle could be used as a lift point for one of the straps. FW the CBS link that i posted first does show the tail dolly on before it was being lifted out of the field. but you are right it could've been put there post-crash to help with moving.
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June 18th 12, 08:42 PM
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On Monday, June 18, 2012 12:21:22 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
On Monday, June 18, 2012 2:07:03 PM UTC-5, Frank Whiteley wrote: If it is not the cause, must be to main contributing factor. I just find it hard to believe that it is unrelated. What a tragedy Ramy From the images, it appears the tail dolly may have been attached so the handle could be used as a lift point for one of the straps. FW the CBS link that i posted first does show the tail dolly on before it was being lifted out of the field. but you are right it could've been put there post-crash to help with moving. Indeed the tail dolly is seen in earlier photo. I find it very hard to believe that someone had the presence of mind to put the tail dolly on after the crash. I speculate that it was the main contributing factor, which perhaps caused a distraction and wrong pilot action. This reminds us again that we all human and we all do mistakes, no matter how experienced we are (my understanding he was a high time instructor). Most of the time we get away with them, but sometime we don't. The most unfortunate thing is that it happen when giving a ride to 2 family members. This really really sucks! Ramy
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June 18th 12, 08:59 PM
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Eye witness accounts are that the nose pitched down, and maybe there was some roll involved too. Neither is consistent with CG too far aft. I'm wondering if the child was secured or free to wriggle forward into the stick? Or just kick the stick forward with feet? Terrible to contemplate, no matter what. Fred
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