SNOWBIRD ACCIDENT CAUSE REVEALED

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John Swallow
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http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/assets ... ov2019.pdf


My two scenarios were engine failure and control problems.  What an investigator I'd make!  8)


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Colonel
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My guess was on these guys:

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Don't look like much, but they can ruin your day.
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Colonel
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A friend of Dad's had to step out of an F-104 one day over Germany,
when the throttle cable broke.  It was that simple.

Someone on the ground got a marvelous picture of he and
the canopy departing.
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Eric Janson
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The crash site looks like a perfect place for a forced landing!

I guess that's not how people are trained in the military.
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Barneydhc82
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The field may be OK for a C152 but not for a CT114 that was probably to low and too fast for a safe landing.  The military is very well trained but sometimes you just do not have a Royal Flush so you fold.  C152, 65 kts vs CT114 115+ kts. on final.

Barney
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Slick Goodlin
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The crash site looks like a perfect place for a forced landing!
It was once explained to me as an odds game.  Figure you have 60-80% chance of surviving a forced landing (or whatever they determined) and a 99% chance of surviving if you punch out.  Plane’s a wrote-off either way, so hit the silk.

Made sense to me - the airplane is just a replaceable thing.
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