Greg Farris wrote:

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


The fact that the pilot didn't fly the airplane to its capability
doesn't mean the capability isn't there.

Matt