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Offline Widewing

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Re: P -51 goes down
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2014, 10:48:05 AM »
I'm remembering King Lou IV a few years ago.

Another case where experience was insufficient. Too much power applied on a touch and go, IIRC.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/man-killed-in-camarillo-plane-crash
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Offline Puma44

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Re: P -51 goes down
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2014, 04:03:17 PM »
Another case where experience was insufficient. Too much power applied on a touch and go, IIRC.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/man-killed-in-camarillo-plane-crash
What you describe sounds like a typical Mustang landing occurrence.  A balked or bounced landing attempt followed by a pull on the stick to arrest the descent rate as airspeed is bleeding off toward not much margin above stall speed, accompanied by a quick application of power.  All of this occurring at the same time results in a stall with torque and the resulting roll to inverted with no altitude to recover. 



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