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Old 07-23-2011, 06:55 AM   #4
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I know the reports say that he "abandoned takeoff", but am I the only one that sees that is not likely the case?

Density altitude definitely played a role in this accident, and it sure looked like he ate up a huge amount of runway before finally getting airborne (and maybe only into ground effect and no more). In the video he narrates he says he established a "positive rate of climb" but it looks to me like that plane is not gaining anymore altitude than just after liftoff.

I can't see any evidence of the "downdraft" the pilot made reference to in earlier reports, in fact if that was the case I was expecting to see them pass over a nice big black field that could have caused that scenario, but nothing materialized.

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