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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiYs_zqnOoQ&feature=related"
Old event but what I find strange is that what was going through pilots head in this situation and could the disaster be prevented somehow?
I have understood that the plane simply did not slow down so it had to "hop" over a motorway and as it landed on a soft field it turned on its back.
Judging from the video the landing speed looks kinda high so why didn't the pilot slowly apply power and decide to abort the landing?
Was there mechanical failure like the propeller governor failure so that the propeller remained in "coarse" setting preventing the a/c slowing down properly when the throttle was closed? But this would not prevent applying power and finding a longer runway for emergency landing, or would it?
After seeing a few of these videos I find it strange that there seems to be all kinds of habits of bringing down a plane with such a difficult reputation.
I have understood that Bf109 could be brought down safest with slats out and at rather slow speed on a three pointer where as high speed landing on a concrete runway had a high risk of developing into an uncontrolled bouncing where there was a high risk of a wing-over.
Mark Hanna probably had confidence of flying Bf 109 near its edge but that one time it surprised him -with fatal consequences.
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