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What NTSB Reports Say About Impossible Turns and Angle of Attack (Part II)

Air Facts

NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high. When power was added, there were brief pitch oscillations before the plane departed the left side of the runway, as if P-factor and lack of right rudder input were present. One checkout was at normal weight and c.g. and one at full gross weight and aft c.g.

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Italian Fare

Plane and Pilot

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,587 lbs. Empty Weight, Standard: 959 lbs. The jaunty vertical fin and rudder enhance the fuselage lines, fitted with a fixed trim tab and aft position light. Clearing the final approach path, we extended full flaps and stabilized at 70 knots. Wing Area: 128.1 Length: 22.1 Height: 8.2

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