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Think there was speculation among pilots that the crash followed a stall due to the turn into final approach being too tight. So it wasn’t the engines cutting out that caused the crash in their opinion, it was the low air speed that caused the stall (that caused the crash).


9 posted on 02/09/2023 12:34:26 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (If Arizona held the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt would lose to Joe Biden)
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Thats what the video looks like to me. It appears they were in a left downwind approach and making a left turn final, went too tight and too slow and stalled. I haven’t heard, but if there was a right to left crosswind or significant turbulence, it may have been a contributing factor.


12 posted on 02/09/2023 12:48:42 PM PST by swingdoc
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Maybe the wing stalled but that doesn’t explain how or why or if the engines stalled.


14 posted on 02/09/2023 1:06:16 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Peter ODonnell
Think there was speculation among pilots that the crash followed a stall due to the turn into final approach being too tight. So it wasn’t the engines cutting out that caused the crash in their opinion, it was the low air speed that caused the stall (that caused the crash).

Doesn't account for the feathered props, though. That is something the pilot has to command. And it was both engines. They had to have been feathered before the stall.

17 posted on 02/09/2023 1:13:07 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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A stall doesn’t cause an engine to feather, much less two at the same time.


34 posted on 02/09/2023 6:06:09 PM PST by SandwicheGuy ("Man is the only pack animal that will follow an unstable leader." Cesar Chavez)
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