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Old August 27th 06, 08:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Greg Farris
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Default Crashing on takeoff... how odd

In article ,
says...


Matt Whiting wrote:
It isn't that hard to overcome the trim on a 172. There are probably
airplanes where this isn't the case, but the 172 isn't one of them.


In theory, it should be possible on any plane. 14 CFR 23.677 (d) says:



Say that to the 130 souls who perished in the B-707 accident on takeoff from
Paris' Orly airport, due to an out-of-trim condition.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...0603-0&lang=en