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(Video) Plane crash from inside cockpit
"This is unprecedented footage of a small airplane crash from inside the cockpit from two different views. Miraculously, everyone survived. The pilot will make a full recovery and the rest of us escaped with superficial injuries and feel very lucky to be alive . This trip was much anticipated and due to our excitement we had our Gopro cameras filming at various times. After flying up into the mountains for a hike in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness we were planning on flying… (www.youtube.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think it started as they took off from that goat trail, masquerading as a runway. Runway was so bumpy that he couldn't get speed up to take off. When you can see the end of the runway, and you're still on the ground, it's time to abort.
I'm not sure that flaps would have made much of a difference. The plane was probably well over it's gross weight with 4 good sized guys in it. Too many bad things going against it.
The aircraft was making it pretty clear to the pilot that it didn't want to climb for some time before the crash. Would 10-15 deg. flap have made any difference?
AOPA has an article that includes some additional details from an interview with the pilot -- http://www.aopa.org/training/articles/2012/120814youtube-crash-pilot-was-going-to-abort.html
Sad, hope no one was hurt. David Fisher, Western Aviation, Inc.
Perfect example, of the failure, of the law of natural selection by nature to weed out the inferior.