Even weirder when you look at where they crashed which is about abeam the touchdown zone marker for 26, just north of the runway.
Sounds like loss of control on landing and veer to north. Maybe they tried to go around but time will tell.
I landed there yesterday in gusty winds and needed a serious power correction to arrest some sink at about 100 feet, 1969 PA-30. Hate when it’s windy, and it’s always windy but as long as it’s right down the runway it’s not too bad. As a frequent user there (house and hangar) I hate to see...
Yes it does. The speed trim is constantly trimming, full speed with flaps out and half speed once they’re up. It’s something that you become used to trimming against (which just like MCAS, stops the auto trim.)
While this is a design flaw ( single point of failure,) the real question is why...