I don't know how much "sequential forming" you can do when the airframe is composite, laid up in molds.There will be more damage when they pick it up and move it. That tractor/forklift does not have tender loving care placards any where on it.
The tail end seems to have some crumpling too. Structural repairs back there will be much more difficult, due to the long arm for any doublers or thicker sections to get factory strength without factory access that existed when sequential forming was done.
Right engine/prop may not have any trauma.
Does the factory do any repair/rebuilds?
did not slow his descent rateDid anyone see the accident? I’m curious about what caused him(?) to thump it in so hard.
FIFYUnable is a VERY VERY useful word.
Unable is a very useful word.
Unable is a very useful word.
Uhhh….a wink should have given you the answer…"Hard to believe no right engine damage when the right wing tip is bent upward…."
Are you joking? Winglets, both wing ends. Right landing gear seems to be normal extension, unlike left one.
Combine the stress from the intensity, "land on the green dot" for a pilot unused to making short and/or spot landings, and unwillingness to go around and rejoin the conga line... all too common at Oshkosh....pressure to get on the ground instead of going around.
If “stabilized approach” means a three degree glidepath at Vref from two miles out, then OSH isn’t the place. But it can also be everything locked in on a steeper 300 yard final.
Looks like a stall to me."unable" would have saved the day.
Looks like a lack of flare to me.Looks like a stall to me.
Couldn't. No lift left.Looks like a lack of flare to me.
Did he get too slow? The airplane just fell like a rock.Couldn't. No lift left.
I'm speculating at a DG level, but it looks to be like he ran out of airspeed trying to keep it tight and hit that spot. It looks to me like it would have been a base to final stall if he'd been any higher. Probably trying to get the nose up and couldn't anymore.Did he get too slow? The airplane just fell like a rock.