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To: lowbridge

That runway 13/31 at Laguardia essentially terminates at the SE end in a rock wall, once you exceed the overrun. Water is on the other side.

Good thing in a way they didn’t land on the 31 vector and overrun, as they would have gone in the water.

Good thing it stopped where it did.

Hard to tell from the pictures, BUT it kind looks like they just could not get the plane stopped in time and ran out of runway.

I wasn’t there, and I don’t know what really took place ...

SO IT IS TIME FOR ARMCHAIR PILOTING!!!

1. they landed too far down the runway.
2. ‘get there-itis’ prevented the PIC from executing a go-around
3. not enough traction to get braking power to slow the aircraft. (ie runways were not ready to receive aircraft)
4. Landed too frickin’ hot *Blueflag wonders what the winds were and what the cross wind component was...
5. 5H1T happens ...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/LaGuardia+Airport/@40.7721815,-73.8606385,732m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25f8983424db5:0x772fc4660e9666b3


20 posted on 03/05/2015 11:27:38 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

Any landing that everyone walks away from is a good landing.

Any landing where the aircraft can take off again is a great landing.


22 posted on 03/05/2015 11:35:35 AM PST by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: Blueflag
4. Landed too frickin’ hot *Blueflag wonders what the winds were and what the cross wind component was...

Supposedly the plane landed with a 16kt tailwind...

Other reports claimed winds from the North at 9 mph (pilot landed on runway 13, so that is likely also describing a tailwind).

25 posted on 03/05/2015 11:52:52 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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