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Originally Posted by ASAP
I used to fly... and cannot figure out for the life of me how something like this happens.
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Too much touch and not enough go?
With a disclaimer that I haven't flown in a GA plane since I was 4 years old, was the pilot already too slow for a touch-and-go even before he started veering left on the runway?
Also, what was that horrible rumble strip-sounding noise right before he mashed the throttle? I assumed that it was the left tire blowing, but am now wondering if it was the nose wheel touching down? Did the nose wheel tire blow? Do those planes have ABS that kicked in and startled the pilot?
I do know from years of hosting motorsports events at GA airports that 300-400 feet of wheels in the grass would have brought that plane to a dead stop from 40 knots if the engine was cut. As the race driver saying goes, put both feet in and enjoy the spin.....