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TundraTire
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Fatal crash at Lacombe, and then the TBM 910 wreck at Westlock.
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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local- ... of-lacombe
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Squaretail
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You really got to work at it to flip a nose dragger that size over like that.
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Squaretail
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I don't see any nose draggers in those pictures. I'm not saying its impossible to flip one, I've seen it done, its just a lot more effort than a tail dragger. Usually you either have to go find a suitable badger hole, or get a terrible snake and brake down the runway. I don't see evidence of the former.
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Discussing that with a friend of mine with time on the TBM. He said the same thing, you gotta work to do that in one of them.

Certainly a head scratcher
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The Dread Pilot Roberts
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Appears to be off to the side, maybe a blown tire off the side digs in and flips?

https://www.tbm.aero/wp-content/uploads ... e-list.pdf

on the promotional pdf it shows landing distance of 2430 to clear a 50' obstacle.
Westlock is 3400 feet long, perhaps not inconceivable he floats it jams it on and hammers the brakes losing control? Just a theory
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TwinOtterFan
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We looked at a house in Westlock, you can taxi from the runway to the back of your house, pretty cool. Wife didn't like the commute though.
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Squaretail
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Another nose dragger flipped over. Apparently on take off too. Jeebus.

https://www.ponokanews.com/news/plane-f ... -take-off/

Pic in this thread.

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... 8&t=150044

Think I know that guy. Doesn't fly very often.
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Squaretail wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:07 pm Doesn't fly very often.
Probably for the better.
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